Excel "file is locked" error message -- bizarre!

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2 total messages Started by Eric Gafner Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:00

#85

Author: Eric Gafner
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:00

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Hello everyone,

 We have an excel file on a PDC. All of the sudden, the file could
 no longer be accessed. We keep getting a "file is locked" error.

 We have rebooted the PDC, and tried to rename the file. We tried to
 access the file from both Win95 and NT workstations. We have also
 checked the file permissions. The file is shared and even the file
 owner cannot access it. We have made sure that no-one has the
 file open.

                                                 any ideas will be
appreciated,

Eric

Re: Excel "file is locked" error message -- bizarre!

#86

Author: Rob Bovey
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:00

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    Can you make a copy of it and open the copy? If it's on an FAT partition
you could try booting from a floppy and accessing it that way. You can also
get a program that will allow you to boot to an NTFS volume from a floppy
drive at http://www.sysinternals.com/

--
Rob Bovey, MCSE
The Payne Consulting Group
http://www.payneconsulting.com
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Eric Gafner wrote in message <7dh71e$pk6$1@nntp.ironlight.com>...
>Hello everyone,
>
> We have an excel file on a PDC. All of the sudden, the file could
> no longer be accessed. We keep getting a "file is locked" error.
>
> We have rebooted the PDC, and tried to rename the file. We tried to
> access the file from both Win95 and NT workstations. We have also
> checked the file permissions. The file is shared and even the file
> owner cannot access it. We have made sure that no-one has the
> file open.
>
>                                                 any ideas will be
>appreciated,
>
>Eric
>
>
>
>

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