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Excel - Network file access errors

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by bamabernard

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I am running Windows XP Pro on a network with a Windows 2000 Server. I have Office 2000 w/ SP3. My Excel files are stored on a share on the Windows 2000 server. The problem is when I attempt to access various Excel files I get one of the following errors: "*.xls is locked for editing by "user"(the user is not accessing the files), or "*.xls cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, ...". Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by dklippert

Try:
Go to Tools>Options choose the General tab and remove the check from "Ignore other applications"

by firstpeter

You might also try rebooting the server and the workstation of the user it says is using them (workstation first, of course). I've had rogue connections present that I wasn't aware of that locked files on me before, and bouncing the machines solvedit.

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