Excel spreadsheet is not accessible

[unit512]

We have a spreadsheet on our NT server<br>that is marked in use.<br><br>We can see it.&nbsp;&nbsp;We cannot open it,<br>copy it or rename it.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is not<br>from a template.<br><br>We have brought the file server down,<br>in case someone had this file open.<br><br>In Properties the file is marked archived,<br>but not read only.<br><br>Does anyone have a way we can get into the<br>file?

 

[sman]

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[MasterRacker]

If you actually brought the server conataing the file down, that should have broken any rogue lock.&nbsp;&nbsp;On the server run the old Window File Manager (winfile.exe) and navigate to the file.&nbsp;&nbsp;highlight it and click File&gt;Properties&gt;Open By and see if it reports anything. <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most ...

 

[Rigmarole]

I had the same problem a while back. <br>Our solution was a simple minded one but it worked.<br><br>Opened the locked file (you did say you could view it right?) And tried a &quot;save as&quot; with a new name.&nbsp;&nbsp;This worked for us.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also tried another way; we copied every cell worksheet by worksheet (about 20 in our case) then pasted them worksheet by worksheet into a brand new blank document.<br><br>We had to reformat each worksheet to look the same but it worked.<br><br>Good luck.