Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
kevin johnston wrote:
I think this is probably a stupid Windows question more than it really
has anything to do with OOo, but...
I have a spreadsheet, I made a copy of it with the Windows "Explorer"
(the file manager/browser thing), which automatically names the copy
"Copy of <file>". I tried to rename the copy, and I get this annoying
pop-up that says the file can't be renamed because it's in use. Well,
it's not in use, it's a brand new file that never even existed until
just this moment, but I can't convince Windows.
What's the magic spell to make Windows just do what I tell it? Reboot?
On all the windows computers that I use, if the file is open in OOo,
then I can not move, rename, or copy the file. Did you close the file in
OOo? If yes, then what happens if you exit OOo? If it is still stuck,
what happens if you close the OOo quick starter?
I agree, I have seen this message before when a file really is in use.
But this file really truly was not in use, had never been used, had
never been opened by any program. It was a brand new copy of another
file. The other file was not in use at the time I copied it. The OOo
quickstarter was closed.
But, I was able to delete the new copy. Funny (not) that Windows would
allow me to delete a file but not rename it. I opened the original file
in OOo and made a copy with SaveAs.
I'm still curious why Windows thought the first copy was in use, and if
there was anything I could have done about it, but it's not an urgent
issue any more.
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