On 2/16/2013 12:56 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
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.
Removing the ".~lock ..." files did the trick.
Thanks so much.
Tom
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