DOCUMENT:Q127178  13-OCT-1999  [msnetwork]
TITLE   :Cannot Open Chat History File While in Chat Session
PRODUCT :The Microsoft Network
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0,1.05,1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5
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The information in this article applies to:

 - The Microsoft Network versions 1.0, 1.05, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you save the chat history while you are in a chat session, and then
double-click the saved chat history file to open it while you are still in the
chat session, one of the following events may occur:

 - Microsoft WordPad opens and you receive the message "The document
   '<name>' is in use by another application and cannot be accessed."

 - Microsoft Word opens and you are prompted to open a copy of the document.

CAUSE
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The chat history file remains open while you are in a chat session. WordPad
cannot open an open document, but Word can copy an open document and then open
the copied document.

RESOLUTION
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To open the chat history file in WordPad, first exit the chat session.

Additional query words: msn

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Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN200 kbMSN130 kbMSN105 kbMSN250 kbMSN120
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.05,1.2,1.3,2.0,2.5

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