File Locked For Editing - How To Unlock
Mar 15, 2012
I am getting a message, the Excel file i am opening (xlsm) is locked for editing by 'another user'. But, NOT SO, of course; i am the only user logged in to this PC, and there is no network access. I quit Excel and verified that i see no Excel processes running. But, when i try to open the file, i still get the "locked by 'another user'" message, and at this point can only open read-only. I looked in the folder the file is in and do not see any of those ~ files or anything else suspicious.
So, what do i do? How do i "unlock"? How can i open this file once again to make modifications to it?
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Jun 29, 2014
I tried to open excel file from shared drive but it's pop up
"File in use" xxxx.xls is locked for editing by XXXX, Open 'Read-Only' or click 'Notify' to open read-only and receive notification when the document is no longer in use.
I din't know how to insert the picture so that I wrote everything.
It happens almost every time even if file has not opened by any one. how can I stop it? Version: Excel 2010. OS Name: Microsoft windows 7 professional.
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Mar 9, 2008
i have this code to run autofilter in protected sheet2, assigned to a check Box,
but it gives me this Msg when i run the code by checking the check Box: File in use.
The file is locked for editing by the (my name). However, when i excute the code by F5 in the VBE window, it works fine also when i excute the code from Worksheet_Activate , it works fine
Sub t()
With Sheet2
. Protect "0", , , , userinterfaceonly:=True, Allowautofilter:=True
.AutoFilterMode = False
.Range("A5:DT5").AutoFilter
End With
End Sub
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Jul 30, 2014
Some how my spread sheet became shared and has been locked. so when I went to use my VBA to unlock the sheet i found my project locked as well and no way to get to properties to try and unlock.
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Jun 14, 2013
I was sent a file via email and when I opened it the data option on the top on the ribbon was locked and I need to ungroup rows.
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Dec 9, 2006
I recently added two excel files to my startup, I receive the file in use error that the personal.xls is locked for editing box when the second file starts to execute. I can open them separately using their icons with no problem, what's the problem with opening them using the startup function. XP professional version 2002 SP2.
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Mar 20, 2013
I have an application that I made for a company. the editing is locked on each tab except for the blanks for people to either check mark a box or fill in the space provided for an answer to each question. There are around 30 tabs. Sometimes i open already completed applications since most of the answerer will be the same. My question is. is there a way to select say 6 tabs and clear out all the data that someone had typed in (check marks, answers in space provided?)
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Dec 8, 2011
I have a simple macro that's in my default Excel startup file (Personal.xlsb - located in the folder C:Documents and SettingsUsernameApplication DataMicrosoftExcelXLSTART).
The problem is when I try to open two instances of Excel (not create a new workbook). I get the error message "Personal.XLSB is locked for editing."
I've look at other threads that talk about adding the macro as an "Add-In" (Personal.xlsb and multiple Excel's), BUT my problem is that I want to assign the macro a keyboard shoutcut (currently set to ctrl + shift + v).
I don't know of a way to assign an add-in macro a keyboard shortcut.
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Jan 31, 2014
1.I need to protect certain locked cells from editing and allow certain unlocked cells to be changed on multiple worksheets.
2.When all of the changes are made to the unlocked cells, I need to password protect the entire workbook (except one worksheet) from any changes. (i.e. Prevent even the unlocked cells from being edited)
3.I also need a password to un-protect the workbook and return it to the state described in # 1. above .
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Apr 23, 2007
I have a shared file that is now mysteriously locked. How can I unlock the file so changes can be made?
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Oct 6, 2006
I have a .txt file created in Notepad and it contains a 4 digit number (Job ID). I am recieving the dreaded "Bad File Mode" (#54) error when writing back the file.
I would like to OPEN it as R/W locked, read it, increment it by 1 and write it back. Am perfectly willing to create the .txt as non-binary if that is causing the issue.
Dim jinChar As String
fileNumber = FreeFile()
jinFP = "JIN.txt"
Open jinFP For Binary Access Read Write Lock Read Write As #fileNumber
Input #fileNumber, jinChar
jobIDNumber = CInt(jinChar)
jobIDNumber = jobIDNumber + 1
jinChar = CStr(jobIDNumber)
Write #1, jinChar
Close #fileNumber
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Jun 29, 2007
I have two CSV files that I would like to edit through Excel VBA. Both files have too many lines to be shown in Excel though, so I can't just use cell rerences. Every so many lines I want to delete a row and insert a row from one CSV file to the other. I could easily write a loop do this with cell references, but since all the lines aren't shown I can't do that. I have no idea how to reference all the rows in the CSV file with VBA when most of them aren't viewable on the worksheet.
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Feb 11, 2013
A user in our company has a document on a shared drive in our domain. It's using the protect feature which means that you'll have to type username/password before you're allowed to edit the document. The problem is that users who only want to view the document will cause it to lock, and then you can't edit it before they close it.
I thought that sharing the document would solve this issue, but when I tried to it said that Visual Basic features would not work which basically makes the document useless so that's not an option.
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Aug 2, 2009
I have a text file, which has a column of wrong data. I can change it manually by loading it into Excel but it is semi-colon delimited and I can't export to such a file.
I therefore, would like to write a VBA tool, which reads the file and edits the the value between the 5th and 6th semi-colon and will continue do this for each row (the new value is constant across the rows).
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Sep 7, 2007
i have this side project that i have been working on for the last few days around work... Excel based of course. to cut a long story short i have been working on a Master File (Team Leader)... this file controls around 15 other files (Team Members). from the Master File the Team Leader can lock / unlock worksheets for the Users (required) for the Team Leader this is displayed on a Listbox (Jan-Dec signifying 12 worksheets per person). Also the Team Leader File has two combobox's for "Team Member's Name" and "Type" then they see a large "commandbutton" that reads "Change Users Stats". the point of this is for the Team Leader... using their Master File to control what is entered and when (locked Months when not in use).
the User (Team Member 1 out of 15) then just enters their data within that given Month which is unlocked. so the Commandbutton checks for the Name Listed from Combobox1... then checks to see what Type from combobox2... then from the listbox checks to see which months need to be Locked or Unlocked. Additional: the "Type" indicates percentages from the Users File.
E.g. Type 1-3
type 1 = 100% in cell c5
type 1 = 50% in cell c6
etc etc...............
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Jul 7, 2006
I've got a basic spreadsheet that I edit at home and at work, and I am always forgetting to either email it to myself or copy it to a flash drive. So I figure I'll use my ISPs webspace given to me, and then just edit it on the ftp site from home and work so there is just one copy. I can add the ftp site and my name and password in Excel fine. BUT when I open it, it is always read only. How do I open it with write access? I have specified my ftp username and password in Excel.
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Dec 7, 2012
I have a large .txt file that I would like to edit using VBA. What I would like to do is to find each of the following text strings in the text file :
De:
De :
Envoye
A:
Objet:
If the character right before those text strings is not a carriage return (chr(13) then add a carriage return.
I would like the code to read each line in the text file and execute the task mentioned above.
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Sep 27, 2006
I have a file where I can not enter the VBAProject. If I click on it I get an error message and when I try to get into the Properties of the Project I get the same Message. The error message is "Project locked" (in german). I locked the file my self some month age, all passwords are saved but i am not asked to enter one. I think that i can remeber I was writing a macro in a nother file that locked and unlocked this specific file.
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Nov 8, 2013
After going through some posts in this site, I found that, we can use custom validation for locking a cells when the condition is not met.I have tried using that, But I am not able to get it correctly.I have attached the sheet for your ref.
What I want is, when I enter a month in A2 (Which will always be the 1st of that month), that particular column should get unlocked/should be able to edit that month's column only. I have just provided on table here, but what I want is for entire column so that, I can use the same formula for a larger sheet
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Mar 6, 2009
code that will unlock cell g12 and af9 when cell e9 equals "WF-"
Basically I need it to say (I really don't know how to write code)
If "E9"="WF-" unlock "G12" and "AF12"
If not, clear contents of "G12" and "AF12"
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Mar 19, 2009
I want to let the user unlock certain cells but only after they have clicked a button. To notify that the cell is unlocked I also want it to change colour.
Is this possible?
I have attached a small example. Password is mg
unlock.xlsx
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May 15, 2008
I have an lock button to lock a worksheet, and a unlock button to unlock the same worksheet.
The unlock button though gives me an error when I don t set the password correct or not at all.
My code is like that
Sub UnlockSheet()
'
' Unlock Sheet Makro
'
'
ActiveSheet.Unprotect
End Sub
I am sure that is very simple for you guys here but for me a problem I can not figure out yet why.
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Aug 7, 2007
Is it possible to lock/unlock the VBA code in a workbook through VBA from another workbook? I wish to copy modules from one workbook to another, both workbooks will have the VBA code password protected to stop prying eyes. Obviously I need to unlock the VBA in the target workbook before the copy and lock it again afterwards. Can this be done programatically? If there is no function in VBA to do this can you provide an example of how to do it using SendKeys if that is the only way to do it?
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Sep 13, 2013
What if you forgot the password in a protected sheet? is there a way to unlock it?
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Jul 4, 2014
I have a table and need to protect the sheet. From searching I see its a common problem as the table wont auto expand on a protected sheet.
I was thinking maybe I could create some sort of change event so if a user selects cells on Column A,B,G,H rows 13-1000 the sheet will auto unlock then lock again once they leave those cells.
I think it may need a few seconds delay to give table chance to autoexpand before sheet is locked again.
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Oct 4, 2007
How I can unlock a range of sheets that are password protected in my workbook.
I have 20 identical sheets one for each department which are protected by the same password.
It would be nice if I could rapidly lock and unlock these sheets.
What I need a set rng command in conjunction with a For Next loop?
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Jan 30, 2009
Unlock columns if Column is not blank in any row
Using VBA
On Sheet("Draft Final") , search every row and
If Col A is not blank, then unlock Columns G: M and unlock Columns O:U
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Sep 13, 2012
I have the unlock/lock code below but i cannot get it to unlock the correct spreadsheet. Where do i need to place it in the code so that it will work properly.
Code to unlock:
Public Sub unlocksheet()
'unlock the worksheet
On Error Resume Next
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="test"
Within this code:
Private Sub cmdSub_Click()
Dim iRow As Long
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets("AFW")
'find first empty row in database
[Code] .........
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Nov 9, 2012
I have a worksheet with active range A9 thru K200 that is locked. When worksheet is opened, I need it to automatically unlock all rows that are blank, for users to input data. It would be great if this could also require data in column A, C and K before allowing workbook to be saved and closed.
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Apr 4, 2014
I have a workbook whose worksheets I want to protect on open, and also want to unprotect by way of a module. The protect code is:
Code:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Sheets("Cornealrings").Protect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("Ferrararings").Protect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("Kera Rings").Protect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("IS CALCULATOR").Protect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("IS Manager").Protect Password:="elohim"
End Sub
The unprotect code is:
Code:
Sub Unprotect()
Sheets("Cornealrings").Unprotect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("Ferrararings").Unprotect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("Kera Rings").Unprotect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("IS CALCULATOR").Unprotect Password:="elohim"
Sheets("IS Manager").Unprotect Password:="elohim"
End Sub
The code stops at the first line of the unprotect event, with the message that the password is not correct. If I try to manually unprotect, the password is accepted.
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