File Locked

[Kevin]

I try to open a .pub document and get the message "The file is locked because it is currently being used by another program". Not sure how to rectify the situation. File is not obviously open. using MS & Office 2000

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Are you on a network?

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Kevin

I try to open a .pub document and get the message "The file is locked
because it is currently being used by another program". Not sure how
to rectify the situation.

Where is the file located?
On your hard drive, or on a network?
Are you running on a network?
Are you running Norton AntiVirus?

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

JL go back to bed!!!
You are worse than a pain in the arse!!!
You are just like every other little girl that you like the sound of your
own voice.

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]]

And why don't you offer some helpful suggestions to the poster instead
of being a loud mouth bore?

David a loud mouth bore? I bet David is as quiet as a mouse if you were
to actually meet him in person ;-) --
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.mvps.org/publisher

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Yeah, Brian I am quite meek and mild and extremely peaceful, but I just
don't suffer fools and failures easily.

 

[Kevin]

All very interesting...but focus on me guys
Yes I am on a p2p network
Yes the file is located on an associates hard drive. Cannot access from his computer either
Yes I have NAV running. Disabled it & no luck
Same files have been used and edited for thepast year+. No problems.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Kevin

All very interesting...but focus on me guys.

Well, until you answered the questions there wasn't much we could do except
mill around.

Yes I am on a p2p network.
Yes the file is located on an associates hard drive. Cannot access
from his computer either.

Copy the file(s) to your local hard drive, and open them from there.

Yes I have NAV running. Disabled it & no
luck.

Disable Script Blocking and the Microsoft Office PlugIn.

 

[Kevin]

Ed, you are a freakin genius.
aka...thanks

 

[Elwood]

I asked a similar question further up the line (sorry).
All of Kevin's particulars apply to me as well, except
that I can't copy the file to my harddrive (it gives me
an error). I tried deactivating Script Blocking as well
as the Office plug-in and still no luck either opening it
in Publisher or copying it to the hard drive. Any other
suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from

All of Kevin's particulars apply to me as well, except
that I can't copy the file to my harddrive (it gives me
an error).

What error does it give you?

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from Kevin

Ed, you are a freakin genius.
aka...thanks

Glad to know I've helped
Thanks for the update!

 

[Elwood]

When trying to open a file from another computer, I receive
an error message saying that (path/filename) cannot be
opened because it is currently being used by another
program. It then tells me to quit the program and try
again. I have done that numerous times and rebooted both
computers (numerous times) and I still get the same error
message. It only happens with certain files. When trying to
copy it from the hard drive of the other computer to mine,
it gives me an "Access Denied" error message and suggests
that my hard drive may be full (it is not) or that the file
is write protected (it is not nor is the section of the
hard drive I tried to copy it to). Thanks.

 

[Ed Bennett]

A small child turns to Ed, and exclaims: "Look! Look! A post from

When trying to
copy it from the hard drive of the other computer to mine,
it gives me an "Access Denied" error message and suggests
that my hard drive may be full (it is not) or that the file
is write protected (it is not nor is the section of the
hard drive I tried to copy it to).

Are you able to copy other files from the same location to your local hard
drive?
Can you copy it from where it is to another area of the remote hard drive
before copying it over?
If you log on to the remote computer (either via Remote Desktop or locally),
are you able to copy the file to your computer? Or to another area of the
PC in question?