On 10/28/2020 2:15 PM, Jan Beasley wrote: > Hello, > I have been having trouble opening and editing Open Office documents, so I > decided to download the latest release today thinking that would resolve > the issue. It did not. I still receive the following error message when > trying to open documents: Locked for Editing by: Unknown User. Open > Document Read-Only or open a copy of the document for editing. > > So, every time I need to edit a document, I have to open a copy, make > changes, and then save it as a new document under a slightly > different name. This results in multiple documents for the same thing > really. > > How can I fix this? Do I just lose all of my documents I have been saving > for years, uninstall the program completely, and start all over? Please > help!! > > Thank you, Jan Jan; What is happening is that the lock file (.~.lock"filename") is not being cleared when you save and close the document. This usually happens either because of a power failure or more likely shutting down or closing the lid on a laptop to soon.There is some internal housecleaning that has to happen such as making sure all the buffers are written to the disk, that cache is cleaned up and lastly the lock file is deleted. If you interrupt this process by shutting the lid on a laptop or powering off the computer etc. That will leave the lock file in place. Always follow proper shutdown procedures for you operating system.
Regards Keith > > *Jan Beasley, REALTOR®* > *Team H2 Realty, LLC* > > *Direct*: (540) 836-5572 > *Email*: j...@teamh2realty.com > > RE/MAX Advantage > 2017 West Main St > Waynesboro, VA 22980 > > Team H2 Realty - "DRIVE & EXPERIENCE" > > > *Licensed to Sell Real Estate in Virginia* > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
