[Solved] Locked documents
[Solved] Locked documents
OpenOffice is saving all my documents as locked files. How do I stop this and can I unlock those locked files?
Last edited by robleyd on Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Tag [Solved]
Reason: Tag [Solved]
Apache Openoffice 4.1.1 Windows 7
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Re: locked documents
What do you mean exactly? Are they saved read-only?
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: locked documents
Files are not locked when saving. They are locked when opened and unlocked when saved closed. If you get a message that a file is locked when you try to open it, then the file was not properly closed the last time it was open.
Last edited by Bill on Sat Nov 06, 2021 11:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
AOO 4.1.14 on Ubuntu MATE 22.04
Re: locked documents
Saved document (dec21.doc) is shown as .-lock.dec21.doc#
Apache Openoffice 4.1.1 Windows 7
Re: locked documents
The "-lock" files are not your document files. The -lock file will be created by the office suite when you open a document. And they will be deleted, when you close the document. The "lock" file shows "this file is opened by the office suite".
If the lock files are not deleted (they are remained on the storing device), that means: the office suite was not stopped regularly.
If the lock files are not deleted (they are remained on the storing device), that means: the office suite was not stopped regularly.
Tibor Kovacs, Hungary; LO7.5.8 /Win7-10 x64Prof.
PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
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PortableApps/winPenPack: LO3.3.0-7.6.2;AOO4.1.14
Please, edit the initial post in the topic: add the word [Solved] at the beginning of the subject line - if your problem has been solved.
Re: Locked documents
Thank you Zizi64. I don't know why I ever saw those before. You have solved my problem. Blackie56
Apache Openoffice 4.1.1 Windows 7