office XP "locked for edit"

SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
edited December 2003 in Science & Tech
lo everyone, can anyone tell me what this annoying problem means?

i install office XP and it runs fine... then every once in a while i try and type into either excel or word and at the bottom of the screen it says "command not available because the document is locked for edit".

This isnt to do with the cell protection in Excel..
The task bars in office are all blacked out too so i cant click any of them :(

Comments

  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited November 2003
    well, when i see that error is here at work. we have spreadsheets that we have to keep updated constantly, and when the file is "locked for edit" it typically means that someone else has the file open from our shared network drive. so maybe it is opened elsewhere, either from another user or by another program . . .
  • SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
    edited November 2003
    hmm even when starting a new file it is "locked for edit " and a simple reboot wont fix it :(
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited November 2003
    bizarre. well, thats all the help i can offer. i am sure someone else around here has some ideas . . .

    /me scratches head and looks around
  • SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
    edited November 2003
    hehe cheers

    ive no idea what it can be, maybe its somethin to do with the 30 day trial thing? registers fine tho... hmmmmzz
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited November 2003
    well, my answer to everything screwy is format, so you prolly dont want to hear that . . .
  • SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
    edited November 2003
    its happend before and i usually re-install it and its ok... format will just do the same really, program will work for a little while then die again :(

    i will look around for an answer
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited November 2003
    good luck . . .
  • SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
    edited November 2003
    :D
  • chaoswolfchaoswolf
    edited December 2003
    Can you still create new documents?

    I had this happen to me, and it turned out to be a problem with the microsoft activation wizard. Apparently, if you don't complete the evil thing, eventually all the microsoft programs don't let you do anything, all you get is the "document locked for edit" error message.

    Worked for me anyway.
  • SteTheDudeSteTheDude Rochdale, England!
    edited December 2003
    yeah thats what it was, the activation thing.
    got it sorted now tho....
    i think office has a 60 day trial timer on it by default or somethin like that until you register it
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