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Windows XP Network >> Locked files on XP shared drives I have come across a problem on a number of small Windows networks
where a new machine has been installed running WinXP and it has
folders shared for access across the network. The client machines are
a mixture of both Win98 and WinXP. For most files there is no problem
accessing the shared folders however for a small number of files
mainly Publisher 2000, Access 2000 and zip utilites, once a file has
been opened on the sharing machine it then beocmes locked and cannot
be copied or opened by the other machines on the network. There is no
problem opening on the sharing machine, and this condition does not
clear itself when the machine is rebooted. The network machines
usually get an access denied message when trying to open the file.
They can still open other files on the shared drive so the problem
does not lie with the folder permissions. If the files is copied and
renamed in Windows Explorer on the hsaring machine it becomes
accessible again. Though Word and Excel files are being regularly
edited on the sharing they do not exhibit this problem.
Does any one know if there is a reason for this behaviour, whether
there is any sort of fix to stop it occurring, or if there isn't where
the information about a file being locked is kept in the WinXp system
and whether there is any way of clearing these locks - even manually
would be better than nothing.
Sorry this has been so long-winded.
Mike Holmes

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