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Now try opening the Excel file from OneDrive and verify the result.Īdditionally, here’s another article for you reference.Įxcel file is locked out for editing to another user For example, the owner file for Document. I have no idea how I would lock a file for editing even if I wanted to. I will open up a file, do some work, try and save to one drive and get a file upload failed message, followed by a line that the file is locked for editing by me. The owner file name uses the following convention: It begins with a tilde (~), followed by a dollar sign ($), followed by the remainder I have been having a problem recently with my Word docs on OneDrive. Note: The owner file is located in the same folder as the document that you tried to open. If you are trying to make changes to an Excel file and encounter an error message that says the file is marked as read-only, there are several ways to bypass this restriction. Temp folder location: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp
Open Windows Explorer, and then browse to the (Temp) folder that contains the Excel file that you tried to open when you received the error message. If found, right click on the same and thenĢ.
Tip : You can also open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. To share a file from OneDrive, use the Share icon in the ribbon, or click on the 3 dots next to the file name and select Share from the menu. Links can be sent to collaborators from Outlook or directly from Excel Online. Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Start Task Manager. To share a file in Excel Online, use the Share icon in the upper right corner and follow the prompts for sending a link. Check in ‘ Task Manager’ whether Excel.exe process is running in the background. To do so, follow the steps mentioned below:ġ. Let’s quit all instances of Excel, and then remove the owner file and verify the result. A second instance of Excel is running in the background with the file already open. Excel previously quit improperly and, therefore, did not delete the owner file.Ģ. This behavior may occur if Excel determines that the owner file for the document already exists and this may also occur if one or more of the following are true:ġ.