On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:01:22 -0600 Tom Harries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. > I Bought a new laptop, Lenovo, intel i5, running windows 8; > Transferred all my open office files (along with all my other personal > files, but not programs) via SycBack's restore feature from an external > hard drive. > Installed Open office on new computer. > Now when I attempt to open files that were transferred, many, but not > all files come up as locked for editing. I can view, or open a copy, but > not edit the original. I also cannot save the edited copy to replace the > original. with names such as .~lock.fred.odt# > > Is there a way to universally turn off the editing lock on all these files? > I am not on an orginaizational network and there is no danger of two > people having one of these open at the same time. > > Thanks, > Tom > With OpenOffice _closed_ you should enable viewing of hidden files; if you see "lock" files with names such as .~lock.fred.odt#, these can now be safely deleted and this should cure the locks on any iincoming files. Note that such "lock" files are typically a few bytes in size, up to several hundred bytes, whereas the "real" file will typically be a minimum of about 7KB in size, so there should be no doubt about whether you are deleting a lock or a real file; the lock files also have distinctive characters in their name (the enclosing .~ and #). Such lock files are sometimes left after an abnormal program termination, either of OpenOffice itself or a system crash, neither of which should happen in regular use. If either of these happen with any frequency it is appropriate to find a cause. They may also be left due to over hasty close down of OpenOffice, for instance closing a file then shutting down computer by closing the laptop lid (insufficient time for system or internal disk write buffers to flush). If the transfer to backup media was done when OpenOffice was open, any open files might have had their locks transferred at that time, also any existing leftover locks; all these could and should be deleted in a simple housekeeping operation when the files are transferred to the new computer. It can happen that transfers from an old computer to a new computer, with no hidden locks involved, come over as Read-only. Sometimes such transferred files acquire read-only attributes from the transfer medium (CD or DVD) and such incoming files may need to be marked read-write at system level, or given more extended permissions/ownerships; I take it that this is not the case in the current problem. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
