Shortcut files show locked for editing

I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions of
icons they have on their desktop. The file (excel in this case) shows "locked
for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens excel and looks up
the file it opens just fine. This also happend in links from outlook e-mails
that are sent to her.

Any suggestions?

Rod

Rod,

There is a knowledge base article that may shed some light on the
problem--have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814112

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:50ACBD20-2731-41BD-92C3-16385C490F75@microsoft.com...
>I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions
>of
> icons they have on their desktop. The file (excel in this case) shows
> "locked
> for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens excel and looks up
> the file it opens just fine. This also happend in links from outlook
> e-mails
> that are sent to her.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rod

I'm on SBS 2003 and the files open fine from any other method except from
desktop shortcuts and outlook. I don't think this is my issue.

"Ron Badour" wrote:

> Rod,
>
> There is a knowledge base article that may shed some light on the
> problem--have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814112
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Ron Badour
> MS MVP Shell User
>
>
> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:50ACBD20-2731-41BD-92C3-16385C490F75@microsoft.com...
> >I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions
> >of
> > icons they have on their desktop. The file (excel in this case) shows
> > "locked
> > for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens excel and looks up
> > the file it opens just fine. This also happend in links from outlook
> > e-mails
> > that are sent to her.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Rod
>
>
>

Rod wrote:
> I'm on SBS 2003 and the files open fine from any other method except from
> desktop shortcuts and Outlook. I don't think this is my issue.
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
>> Rod,
>>
>> There is a knowledge base article that may shed some light on the
>> problem--have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814112
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP Shell User
>>
>>
>> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:50ACBD20-2731-41BD-92C3-16385C490F75@microsoft.com...
>>> I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions
>>> of
>>> icons they have on their desktop. The file (Excel in this case) shows
>>> "locked
>>> for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens Excel and looks up
>>> the file it opens just fine. This also happened in links from Outlook
>>> e-mails
>>> that are sent to her.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Rod

Try the LNK associations fix shown here:

Fix File Associations.
http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

--
Joe =o)

I'm sorry I don't understand. I'm having issues with excel files (and others)
and that fix is not even on this list?

"Elmo" wrote:

> Rod wrote:
> > I'm on SBS 2003 and the files open fine from any other method except from
> > desktop shortcuts and Outlook. I don't think this is my issue.
> >
> > "Ron Badour" wrote:
> >
> >> Rod,
> >>
> >> There is a knowledge base article that may shed some light on the
> >> problem--have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814112
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Ron Badour
> >> MS MVP Shell User
> >>
> >>
> >> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:50ACBD20-2731-41BD-92C3-16385C490F75@microsoft.com...
> >>> I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions
> >>> of
> >>> icons they have on their desktop. The file (Excel in this case) shows
> >>> "locked
> >>> for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens Excel and looks up
> >>> the file it opens just fine. This also happened in links from Outlook
> >>> e-mails
> >>> that are sent to her.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> Rod
>
> Try the LNK associations fix shown here:
>
> Fix File Associations.
> http://dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm
>
> --
> Joe =o)
>

Try the usual fixes for this.

Tools>Options>General Uncheck "Ignore Other Applications"

If no joy with that................

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes required)>OK.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:03:05 -0700, Rod <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the millions of
>icons they have on their desktop. The file (excel in this case) shows "locked
>for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens excel and looks up
>the file it opens just fine. This also happend in links from outlook e-mails
>that are sent to her.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Rod

Rod,

Have you looked through the articles in the MS Knowledge Base
http://support.microsoft.com/search/ that contain the phrase: about locked
files? In particular, this one might help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954820/en-us

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP Shell User


"Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A8E9759-A9ED-432C-8B36-BB63306016D6@microsoft.com...
> I'm on SBS 2003 and the files open fine from any other method except from
> desktop shortcuts and outlook. I don't think this is my issue.
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
>
>> Rod,
>>
>> There is a knowledge base article that may shed some light on the
>> problem--have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=814112
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Ron Badour
>> MS MVP Shell User
>>
>>
>> "Rod" <Rod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:50ACBD20-2731-41BD-92C3-16385C490F75@microsoft.com...
>> >I have one user that is attempting to open a file from one of the
>> >millions
>> >of
>> > icons they have on their desktop. The file (excel in this case) shows
>> > "locked
>> > for editing" with options to notify etc. When she opens excel and looks
>> > up
>> > the file it opens just fine. This also happend in links from outlook
>> > e-mails
>> > that are sent to her.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Rod
>>
>>
>>