I also had that problem when I upgraded to AOO 4.1.5. It had two causes: In Win 10, Microsoft has installed" Defender", a complete defense providing virus protection, fire walls, etc. It did not accept 4.1.5, and my profile had multiple names which confused the system. It took my computer expert a number of hours and my dollars to find and clean up my system. It is now running much better.
It is a good idea in defender to not let it block unknown programs. There is a setting for that. Bob Sieker ________________________________ From: Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 12:54 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Joshua YJ Su Subject: Re: Major Problem on File Access A report on Forum informs that the problem was caused by the Antivirus. Now solved RoryOF On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:20:23 +1100 Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote: > > > On 09/02/18 3:29 AM, Joshua YJ Su wrote: > > Hello OpenOffice Users > > > > I was editing an .ods file when the computer suddenly crashed. > > After it rebooted, the file could not be recovered. > > Thereafter, not only that file but ALL my OpenOffice files are LOCKED from > > my use. > > ALL your OpenOffice files are only locked when you had them ALL open > when your system crashed. Lock files > are zero bite files if you we're working on file Untitled 1.odt the > there will be a lock file named .~lock.Untitled 1.odt# > Deleting the lock file is the solution. However I doubt about the ALL > statement could you check the timestamps > of the lock files to see if they are all from the time your system crashed? > > > I can only open Read-Only versions or Copies. > > I cannot even save these files back to the Directory. > > It seems the Whole Directory is Locked from my use. > > OpenOffice never lock a whole directory only files you are working on. > If the directory has only OpenOffice files it could give you the false > impression that the whole directory is locked. > > > > > However, all other Non-OpenOffice files work normally in the same directory. > > The other files are not locked because you had them open when your > system crashed. > > > > > What is happening? But, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW Can this Be Sorted? > > You can sort the issue by deleting the lock files. > > > This is the MOST SERIOUS ERROR I have ever experienced with OpenOffice for > > it Bars me from using OpenOffice on this computer, which is my Main Desktop > > PC. > > Blame your PC not OpenOffice. > > > > > Anyone who can Help will be Greatly Appreciated. > > I hope that this advice is of any help. > > > > > Joshua Su > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- 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
