Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker.
If the user can't be contacted to disconnect themselves, you can forcefully do so by right clicking the locked file and selecting Close Open File (warning: the user might lose their changes). Go to Computer Management -> System Tools -> Shared Folders -> Open Files to find out who has a document locked. As shown on TechTalkMadness, the best way to find the answer is to use Computer Management on the system that hosts the shared file. If there are multiple people that could be editing the doc, it can sometimes be hard to figure out who might have the doc open. If Word asks you whether you want to load the changes that were made to the Global or Normal template, click No.Īdditional note for documents shared over a network: For example, the owner file for Document.doc is The owner file name uses the followingĬonvention: It begins with a tilde (~), followed by a dollar sign ($),įollowed by the remainder of the document file name. The owner file is located in the same folder as the document that you tried to open.
In the Task Manager Warning dialog box, click Yes. Click Winword.exe, and then click End Process.ĥ. Click Task Manager, and then click the Processes tab.Ĥ. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Security dialog box.ģ. Save all your work, and then quit all programs.Ģ. Your product documentation to complete these steps. NOTE: Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, theįollowing steps may be different on your computer. If it is not in use, quit all instances of If the document is in use, open theĭocument as read-only. To resolve this issue, first confirm that another user on the networkĭoes not have the document open. If the file is large, she copy-pastes a LOT or it is open all day) are the cause.
Temp files, left next to the original file on the network (especially Third point above can recreate this error quite constantly.