This problem may be related to Windows. In Ubuntu I have never faced such issues
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 16 February 2013 13:18, Jacek <jac...@9online.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > This can be related also to the file proprieties. I had a similar problem > when transferring pictures. Please check them (right click, proprieties and > check if the files are locked for update or not). The lock can be at the > file level or directory level or both. > > Bregs > > Jacek > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Envoyé : samedi 16 février 2013 07:56 > À : users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc : tharries...@gmail.com > Objet : Re: Files anaccountably locked for editing > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:01:22 -0600 > Tom Harries <tharries...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. > > I Bought a new laptop, Lenovo, intel i5, running windows 8; > > Transferred all my open office files (along with all my other personal > > files, but not programs) via SycBack's restore feature from an > > external hard drive. > > Installed Open office on new computer. > > Now when I attempt to open files that were transferred, many, but not > > all files come up as locked for editing. I can view, or open a copy, > > but not edit the original. I also cannot save the edited copy to > > replace the original. with names such as .~lock.fred.odt# > > > > Is there a way to universally turn off the editing lock on all these > files? > > I am not on an orginaizational network and there is no danger of two > > people having one of these open at the same time. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > > With OpenOffice _closed_ you should enable viewing of hidden files; if you > see "lock" files with names such as .~lock.fred.odt#, these can now be > safely deleted and this should cure the locks on any iincoming files. Note > that such "lock" files are typically a few bytes in size, up to several > hundred bytes, whereas the "real" file will typically be a minimum of about > 7KB in size, so there should be no doubt about whether you are deleting a > lock or a real file; the lock files also have distinctive characters in > their name (the enclosing .~ and #). > > Such lock files are sometimes left after an abnormal program termination, > either of OpenOffice itself or a system crash, neither of which should > happen in regular use. If either of these happen with any frequency it is > appropriate to find a cause. They may also be left due to over hasty close > down of OpenOffice, for instance closing a file then shutting down computer > by closing the laptop lid (insufficient time for system or internal disk > write buffers to flush). > > If the transfer to backup media was done when OpenOffice was open, any open > files might have had their locks transferred at that time, also any > existing > leftover locks; all these could and should be deleted in a simple > housekeeping operation when the files are transferred to the new computer. > > It can happen that transfers from an old computer to a new computer, with > no > hidden locks involved, come over as Read-only. Sometimes such transferred > files acquire read-only attributes from the transfer medium (CD or DVD) and > such incoming files may need to be marked read-write at system level, or > given more extended permissions/ownerships; I take it that this is not the > case in the current problem. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
