Janet, Thank you for your follow-up. Are you saying that with this week’s updates to Windows 10, your problem disappeared? It was not necessary for you to take any other action? - Dennis From: Janet Monk [mailto:janm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 08:40 To: orc...@apache.org Subject: Re: FW: NOT EDITABLE ON WINDOWS 10: The Lingering-Lock Case Here I am again. My problems with Open Office and Corel Video Studio appeared to have been solved by Microsoft adjusting the permission settings. Thank you for your help. regards Janet On 10 August 2015 at 00:35, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org <mailto:orc...@apache.org> > wrote: Here is the procedure for you to try. I have more questions:
1. I don't know if this will work as described for a file in a OneDrive folder. Let us know if it works. 2. I don't know about .odb files either. Let us know if that works too. 3. And let us know what does not work. So far we have not found a defect in OpenOffice. We must keep looking. 4. What are your questions now? Regards, - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:orc...@apache.org <mailto:orc...@apache.org> ] Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 13:46 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> Subject: NOT EDITABLE ON WINDOWS 10: The Lingering-Lock Case After upgrading to Windows 10, some users notice that they have files OpenOffice reports as not editable. There is a report that the named file is "locked for editing." (This is slightly different than saying the files are read-only.) WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU ... If you followed the procedure given in the message, "REPORTING Windows 10 Upgrade Issues: BASIC SITUATION" and you find that *some* of your existing files are "locked for editing" while *others* including new ones you make are completely usable, try this procedure. TRY THIS 1. With any "locked for editing" file open, use File | Save As ... to save the file in the same place with a modification of the name. Then use Windows File Explorer to find the location of the locked version and delete it. This protects against opening the wrong one at a future time. 2. For any document that was described as "locked for editing" when you opened it, close the document if it is open and perform the following procedure. a. Note the location of the folder for the document. Open that folder in the Windows File Explorer. b. That folder probably has a hidden file named ".~lock.<your-file-name>#", where <your-file-name> is the name of the file (without the folder part) that you found locked for editing. Use the File Explorer to delete that file. c. If you don't see such a file, it may be that File Explorer is not showing them to you. Here's how to make certain that they are visible: (i) In the Windows File Explorer window that is opened to the folder that has the file, select the "View" tab. (ii) In the Layout section of the View options, select Details. You can always change the view of folders to any other case later. Use Details for troubleshooting, as in this case. (iii) In the Show/hide section of the View options, CHECK "File name extensions" and "Hidden items". (iv) That should reveal any hidden lock files in the folder you are viewing. Delete the ones that apply to documents you are using in Apache OpenOffice. IF YOU DON'T SUCCEED If you have different messages when opening a file in OpenOffice, please create a new message. This message and replies are solely about Windows 10 and "locked for editing" messages. If your situation is as described at the top of this message and this procedure does not work, please reply to this message on <dev@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org> > so we can explore further with you. If you reply directly to me, that will be permission for me to forward your message to the list as I see fit. - Dennis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org <mailto:dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org>
