Experienced a power failure while Open Office was open. Now I get a message "Document file ‘xxx.ods’ is locked for editing by: Unknown User. Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing. “Properties” shows the normal user entries. I just cannot find anything that will show what is locking the document.
Any ideas? :’(
johnmidl wrote:
> Experienced a power failure while Open Office was open. Now I get a
> message "Document file ‘xxx.ods’ is locked for editing by: Unknown User.
> Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing.
> “Properties” shows the normal user entries. I just cannot find anything
> that will show what is locking the document.
>
> Any ideas? :’(
google openoffice lock ?
The first hit for me is
http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=56537
On 2012-11-19 17:36, johnmidl wrote:
> Any ideas? :’(
If you look at the directory you will probably find a hidden lock file.
Delete it (make sure the main file is not opened).
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
To add: if locked file XYZ.odt is in ~/Documents, look for .lockXYZ.odt (notice the period before lock) Set your filemanager to show hidden files.