WD2000: Err Msg: "This file is in use by another application or user."

ID: Q224037

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you try to save a Word document, the following error message appears:

This file is in use by another application or user.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

Another user has the document open for editing.

WHAT TO TRY

Another user has the document open for editing.

To resolve this problem, the other user must close the document before you can open it as read-write.

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Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb