File already opened by myself, no I don't want to make a copy.

B

Brian

I've been dealing with strange behavior from MS Word 97
for quite some time and thought this looks like the right
place to ask about it.

When I open a MSWord document I am immediately confronted
with the following pop-up error message: "<file name> is
in use by <user name>. Do you want to make a copy?" This
would be all well and good, except that it's _my_ name as
the User Name. So, the program is telling me that I have
the file open, do I want to make a copy.

In a similar vein, when I open a file with Excel '97, a
pop-up box tells me "a document with the name <file name>
is already open. You cannot open two documents with the
same name, even if the documents are in different
folders. To open the second document, either close the
document that's currently open, or rename one of the
documents."

Same story. There's only one copy of the file, it's local
to my C drive and I'm the only person who has it open.

These messages seem similar to me. It matters not one bit
whether the file is local to my C drive or on one of the
drives on our Novell server.

I'm thinking there is some option box to uncheck or check
and this will all go away.
 
T

TF

Open Norton Anti Virus and deselect the Office Plug-in option.



: I've been dealing with strange behavior from MS Word 97
: for quite some time and thought this looks like the right
: place to ask about it.
:
: When I open a MSWord document I am immediately confronted
: with the following pop-up error message: "<file name> is
: in use by <user name>. Do you want to make a copy?" This
: would be all well and good, except that it's _my_ name as
: the User Name. So, the program is telling me that I have
: the file open, do I want to make a copy.
:
: In a similar vein, when I open a file with Excel '97, a
: pop-up box tells me "a document with the name <file name>
: is already open. You cannot open two documents with the
: same name, even if the documents are in different
: folders. To open the second document, either close the
: document that's currently open, or rename one of the
: documents."
:
: Same story. There's only one copy of the file, it's local
: to my C drive and I'm the only person who has it open.
:
: These messages seem similar to me. It matters not one bit
: whether the file is local to my C drive or on one of the
: drives on our Novell server.
:
: I'm thinking there is some option box to uncheck or check
: and this will all go away.
:
:
 
R

RWN

Extremely far from being an expert, but;

Have you tried deleting any existing temp files?
With Word closed;
Do a find looking for "*.tmp" and "~$*.do?" files.
Delete them.

Word creates temp files and sometimes doesn't clean them up if, for ex,
the app crashes.
When you try and re-open them it thinks that they're already open.
 
T

TF

Brian

Try the following FAQ which will give a guide how to clean up your HDD:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm

Terry

: Nope. Didn't do a thing for this problem.
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Open Norton Anti Virus and deselect the Office Plug-in
: option.
: >
: >--
: >Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: >http://word.mvps.org/
: >
: message
: >: >: I've been dealing with strange behavior from MS Word 97
: >: for quite some time and thought this looks like the
: right
: >: place to ask about it.
: >:
: >: When I open a MSWord document I am immediately
: confronted
: >: with the following pop-up error message: "<file name> is
: >: in use by <user name>. Do you want to make a copy?"
: This
: >: would be all well and good, except that it's _my_ name
: as
: >: the User Name. So, the program is telling me that I
: have
: >: the file open, do I want to make a copy.
: >:
: >: In a similar vein, when I open a file with Excel '97, a
: >: pop-up box tells me "a document with the name <file
: name>
: >: is already open. You cannot open two documents with the
: >: same name, even if the documents are in different
: >: folders. To open the second document, either close the
: >: document that's currently open, or rename one of the
: >: documents."
: >:
: >: Same story. There's only one copy of the file, it's
: local
: >: to my C drive and I'm the only person who has it open.
: >:
: >: These messages seem similar to me. It matters not one
: bit
: >: whether the file is local to my C drive or on one of the
: >: drives on our Novell server.
: >:
: >: I'm thinking there is some option box to uncheck or
: check
: >: and this will all go away.
: >:
: >:
: >
: >
: >.
: >
 
G

Girod Marc

"Br" == Brian

Br> When I open a MSWord document I am immediately confronted with the
Br> following pop-up error message: "<file name> is in use by <user
Br> name>. Do you want to make a copy?"

I had this exact behaviour until I ran "winword /r" from the command
line (instructed by Beth Melton on Jan 12th).
See messages with subjects: "Word97 on XP -- Cannot save Normal.dot"
then "Word97/XP: File in use" around January 14th.
 
B

Brian

This happens with _every_ Excel or Word file, whether it's
brand new or has been previously opened.

Thanks,
Brian
 
D

David g

I have the same problem--when I open an excel file I get a message that says the file is already open and two files with the same name cannot be open at the same time. How do I fix this.
 
T

TF

David

Either Norton Anti Virus or abandoned temp files are causing this problem.
Disable the Office Plug-in under Advanced Options in NAV. If it is the
latter, see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm



: I have the same problem--when I open an excel file I get a message that
says the file is already open and two files with the same name cannot be
open at the same time. How do I fix this.
 
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