Re: document is being used by ...

I reinstalled Word and every thing is working corrctly now.
When I reinstalled the program the former user's (owner) name was in a
dialog box, I changed that to mine.
james
"James" <tvwatchr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uI74iQyhFHA.1372@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Anne and Suzanne,
> Thanks for the tips, but I still get the error message.
> I've made sure I only have one instance of Word running
> and I've deleted all the *.tmp and ~$*.do? files.
> I'm using Word97 so there's no "detect and repair" on the help menu.
> I'm going to get the original install disks out in the morning and try
> reinstalling Word to see if that fixes the problem.
> I'll post an update for anyone that's interested in the out come.
> Again, thanks for the quick response.
> James
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ui9YlzxhFHA.576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/DocInUse.htm
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
>> so
>> all may benefit.
>>
>> "James" <tvwatchr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23Ev0m2vhFHA.320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hello NG,
>>> I get a strange error message every time I open a Word.doc
>>> I'm using word97 on an XPhome machine, with only me as a user, the guest
>>> account is disabled.
>>> When ever I open a document I get a message saying the document is being
>>> used by James, do you want to make a copy ?
>>>
>>> I'm James, and no one else is logged in and only one instance of word is
>>> opened, how can I get rid of this error message?
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>> TIA
>>> James
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>


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