how to get rid of automatic copy request

[Nicholas J Bannister]

Every time I open a file in Microsoft Word 97, a box appears saying
that the file I have opened is being used by me and asks whether I
want to make a copy. For example, when I open books.doc, this appears:
"c:\books.doc is being used by Nick Bannister. Do you want to make a
copy?" How to I stop this happening?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The usual reason for this is that there is an "owner" file open that wasn't
properly deleted, perhaps because Word/Windows was not shut down properly.
See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm