Beth
Tue Oct 12 12:52:15 CDT 2004
It sounds like a temp file called the Owner file was not deleted.
Make sure you are viewing Hidden files and take a look in the folder
the document is stored in and see if a file named something like
~$FileName.doc is present. If you find it, delete it, and you should
then be able to delete the file.
Owner File Background:
When a document is opened an Owner file is created. This holds the
user info of the individual that currently has the document open. This
is a temp file and is deleted when the document is closed. However if
an error should occur such as an IPF then Word is unable to delete the
Owner file. So the next time the document is opened, Word "sees" that
an Owner file exists and presents the message, "file is in use".
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"Christine'sOffice" <Christine'sOffice@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
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> Only recently when I pull up one particular file, it notifies me
> that it is
> read only. When I enter it in that mode, I can make no changes to
> the file.
> I have used this same file for 2 years without this interruption.
> Why now?
> I copied the contents of the file to the clipboard and created a new
> file
> which I can now use. I cannot, however, delete the original file
> because it
> is "read only." How do I change a file - on my own pc with NO
> network - from
> read only to write-read?