Internet Information Server Does Not Let You Save Changes to Web Page

ID: Q187906

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

If you open an .htm file in WordPad and make a change to the file, and then open the .htm file in Internet Explorer and try to save the changes made in WordPad, the following error message appears:

The Document <your_page.htm> is in use by another application and
cannot be accessed.

CAUSE

Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 caches file handles. If no one requests the file or the page is not refreshed for one minute, IIS releases the handle. This behavior is by design.

NOTE: IIS opens the page read-only.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use another editing tool to make the necessary changes. Notepad and Visual InterDev are two alternative Microsoft editors.


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Version           : 4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 3, 1999