Word Problem

[Guru]

Word crashed halfway though creating my latest Technical Design document.

I now can't open the doc because word thinks it it still in use by someone else - even though that someone else is me.

How can I regain access to it?

[rjlohan]

My first suggestion would be to just C&P the file on the desktop. Try accessing the copy.

[Guru]

I can do that OK but I need to maintain the original filename/location because other people have access to it.

It's on a file server so a reboot is not an option.

I just wondered if there was some mystical Word feature to regain control of it.

I expect it wlll sort itself out eventually...

for the time being I'll just have to work on the copy.



Thanks

[Iain17]

You could go into the server managment console and kill the process that the machine still thinks is in use.

[rjlohan]

Once you've successfully made the copy, remove/rename the old one, and replace it?

[rinoaheartilly]

Originally posted by Guru
I can do that OK but I need to maintain the original filename/location because other people have access to it.

It's on a file server so a reboot is not an option.

I just wondered if there was some mystical Word feature to regain control of it.

I expect it wlll sort itself out eventually...

for the time being I'll just have to work on the copy.



Thanks

Is it word 2000? Wd2K usually lets you access a read only version of the document, if you can do that, sopy and paste everything to a new document.