Using Gnome on Leap 15.6. 
I have an external hard-drive for important files.
Yes, i had been stupid enough to remove that hard-drive without unmount before removing the external hard-drive from the USB after having had a file loaded and closed.
Now i am having first time a lock on the file’s directory and cannot access anything:
How can i remove that lock and access my file again?
I am not a Terminal Guru and checking Google did not give me anything feasible yet. I am really sweating here. 
Meanwhile i was able to get into the directory via Terminal and copy the file in question to a different location, where i had been able to open it.
But the directory is still not accessible neither with Files nor Gnome-Commander. Why??? 
If “removing that lock” means removing the file /run/media/bierpizzachips/EXCHANGE/EXCHANGE_DIR/DOCUMENTS/OVERVIEW/.~lock.OVERVIEW.xlsx# you can open a terminal and issue:
sudo rm /run/media/bierpizzachips/EXCHANGE/EXCHANGE_DIR/DOCUMENTS/OVERVIEW/.~lock.OVERVIEW.xlsx#
(I think easy enough even for “no Terminal Guru” ?)
The file path should be put in " " or ' ' or the removal will fail.
Check with Gnome Disks (just look for Disks in the menu) if the drive can be seen and if anything is wrong with the partition involved.
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