Hi MrTaco
Did you ever find out what was happening here i am having the same issue
but
no macs
"MrTaco" wrote:
> Greetings - We have multiple Macs + 1 Windows machine opening and
> editing an Excel file located on a Mac server. Macs are running Office
> 2008, the PC is running Office 2003. Compatibility mode is turned on
> for the Macs (saving as .xls). When someone attempts to open a file
> that is already open they receive the expected message that: "File
> name" is locked for editing by "User name". Click 'Notify' etc., etc."
> That's expected. What started happening last week, with one file only,
> is the "user name" is always the same. In other words, Bob is re****ted
> to have the file open when Mary actually does. It's always Bob. So to
> find the real user takes some detective work. Also - Bob is the sole
> Windows user, don't know if that has anything to do with this.
> Permissions on the server are correct and the same as they've always
> been. Everything was working fine until recently. The file appears
> okay otherwise. Once "Bob" closes the file, the new user can edit and
> save with no problems. Any ideas on how to fix this? Or how it
> happened?
> Thanks,
> Mr T
>
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