File in limbo? can't open or delete

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Joseph Combs - 25 Apr 2006 12:21 GMT

I am using excel 2003. I was editing a file that is on our server when our
system went down due to electrical outage. The file is now stuck, when I
attempt to open it, it tells me that it is read only because it is already
open for editing by ....ME. I have turned off all computers that have
accessed the file, I have deleted it, but on screen refresh it comes back.
any ideas

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Jan Karel Pieterse - 25 Apr 2006 12:54 GMT

Hi Joseph,

> I was editing a file that is on our server when our
> system went down due to electrical outage.

Sometimes it helps to reboot the server that actually holds the file.
Did you reboot your own system too?

If you've already done all that, no idea, sorry.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com

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Joseph Combs - 25 Apr 2006 19:53 GMT

Worked, thank you

> I am using excel 2003. I was editing a file that is on our server when our
> system went down due to electrical outage. The file is now stuck, when I
> attempt to open it, it tells me that it is read only because it is already
> open for editing by ....ME. I have turned off all computers that have
> accessed the file, I have deleted it, but on screen refresh it comes back.
> any ideas

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