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Document in use
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:38 pm
by aschwabenbauer
Each time I open a saved document in OpenOffice, I get a dialog box that says "Document in use", even though I have not previously had the document opened. I am forced to open a copy of the document and then perform a "save as" operation using a new name for the document. This results in several copies of what is, essentially, the same document; and it's getting hard to keep track of all the different versions I have had to create. This just started a couple of days ago. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled OpenOffice with no change in results. HELP!!
Re: Document in use
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:44 pm
by RoryOF
It may be that there is a hidden lock file in the root of your OO user profile. See
[Tutorial] The OpenOffice User Profile for details of the User profile. To see such files, enable viewing of hidden and system files for your operating system.
Re: Document in use
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 12:57 am
by aschwabenbauer
If there is a hidden lock file in the root of my user profile, how do I find it and what should I do about it?
Thank you.
Re: Document in use
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:44 am
by floris v
You find it by turning on displaying hidden files, then delete it.