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locked for editing
I have a workbook that is on my local drive... when i open
it, it says that I have it locked for editing????? i closed excel tried again..same thing i even verified excel? Any ideas? I have office 2k on win 2k. Thanks Barb |
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Barb
One possible cause....... Excel stores in Windows\Temp(win98) folder a copy(s) of any file that is open. Sometimes this *.tmp file is not deleted from the Temp folder when you close out Excel(maybe a crash of Excel?) or the file, so Excel thinks it is still open and locked for editing. You can try a re-boot and see if that clears it up. If not, after a re-boot, clear out your Windows\Temp folder. If using WinXP your Temp folder would be under user....... Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp If on a network, re-booting the server may be the only solution. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:24:26 -0700, "Barb" wrote: I have a workbook that is on my local drive... when i open it, it says that I have it locked for editing????? i closed excel tried again..same thing i even verified excel? Any ideas? I have office 2k on win 2k. Thanks Barb |
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"Barb" wrote in news:cc9401c48aa6
: I have a workbook that is on my local drive... when i open it, it says that I have it locked for editing????? If this happens to all workbooks, it is possible that your Excel is infected with a macro virus. But that doesn't seem to be the case for you. |
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