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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
I found this question posted already, and tried to add to it as I'm having
the same problem. My post hasn't shown up after a few hours, so I'm tying a new thread. Had a Windows95 peer to peer network set up. Running Publisher 2000 and other apps. Was sharing all data files on one station. All was well. Swapped out the workstations with new Windows XP Home workstations. Copied all the files over, reinstalled the applications. All of the old files can be opened across the network without issue. (including Publisher 2000) However, when a NEW publisher document is created, I can't open it on other workstations. I get "The file is locked because it is currently being used by another program". (yes, I've closed the document on the machine that created it) --Updated Windows XP & Publisher 2000 with all current updates and patches. --Tried copying the file to the local drive, and I get a similar message when trying to copy the file..."access denied" --I've disabled antivirus software --logged out of the system the file resides on. --Tried creating a new shared folder, and working from there. --I tried accessing the file via a mapped drive (p and via the full network path (\\wk1\public)... .............all gleaming the same results....... Any Ideas? Thanks Peter Bilyk |
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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
Just a thought... could it be some wierd conflict with running Publisher
2000 w/ drives that are NTFS? I have no easy way to test this (short of installing a second hard drive ..formatted FAT32) |
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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
Peter the issue is Publisher 2000 is under no circumstances network
friendly. What is more, Publisher files should only ever be used on the same local hard drive the program resides on otherwise corruption will occur. -- "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there!" |
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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
I understand your point, (should be fun explaining it to the customer) it's
just frustrating becuase it worked flawlessly under windows 95. Is the XP version of Publisher any more network friendly? |
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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
Just a thought, any chance it's an NTFS-Publisher conflict/issue?
I suppose I could try throwing in a secondary FAT32 Hard drive |
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Publisher 2000, Windows XP Home, file locked across network
Supposedly yes according to MS, but in reality no.
You still get file corruption unless you have the root of the server open to all users. -- "If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there!" |
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