Hi

The following may help:
I keep getting files that I am working on locked for editing. Word only
allows me to open them read-only
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm
Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"laralea" wrote in message
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Word 2003, WinXp
Word file opens read-only. Suspect that another user has the document
open,
but there is no prompt, "file locked by xxxx user". Cleaned out temp
files
from folder and system, which did not fix the problem. After several
tries,
it cleared up on it's own.
Questions: In Word 2003, should the user get the prompt? If so, why did
user
not get it if another user had the file open?
Thanks!