Maybe Open Office crashed earlier and left the .lock file. This can also happen if the computer crashes while Open Office is open. The warning that your settings are either locked or another instance may be using it, is an intended response by the application.
-- Open Office says my settings are locked https://launchpad.net/bugs/80603 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
