Excel File in Use Notification Missing??

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Go into each file and make sure Shared is selected Tools - share Workbook


"JoD317" wrote in message
news : We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
: 2003).
: When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
: that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
: Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.
:
: The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
: open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
: of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
: file is Shared or not.
:
: I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
: to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
: you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
: over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!
:
: I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
: networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
: greatly appreciated.
:
:

I will chk this, thanks. But I've tried the exact same file on all systems -
some get the Notify window & others get that (Sharing) Title - without making
changes to the file on the network....


"Lady Layla" wrote:

Go into each file and make sure Shared is selected Tools - share Workbook


"JoD317" wrote in message
news : We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
: 2003).
: When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
: that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
: Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.
:
: The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
: open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
: of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
: file is Shared or not.
:
: I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
: to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
: you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
: over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!
:
: I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
: networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
: greatly appreciated.
:
:

We are having this same problem. We want the notification to come up, but we
are not getting it. I have checked the Share Workbook and that's not what I
want to do. When I go into Tool-Share Workbook, it has a checkbox to "allow
users to edit at the same time." But that's what we do not want. Any help on
fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

"JoD317" wrote:

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Well, it's good to know we're not alone!! Wish I had some further
suggestions, but as you can see this question hasn't generated many
responses...... Hopefully SOMEONE out there will know the solution.... Good
Luck.

"jamae918" wrote:

We are having this same problem. We want the notification to come up, but we
are not getting it. I have checked the Share Workbook and that's not what I
want to do. When I go into Tool-Share Workbook, it has a checkbox to "allow
users to edit at the same time." But that's what we do not want. Any help on
fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

"JoD317" wrote:

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

I am having this same issue with Excel. I have multi users for a file. Did
anyone find a solution.

"JoD317" wrote:

Well, it's good to know we're not alone!! Wish I had some further
suggestions, but as you can see this question hasn't generated many
responses...... Hopefully SOMEONE out there will know the solution.... Good
Luck.

"jamae918" wrote:

We are having this same problem. We want the notification to come up, but we
are not getting it. I have checked the Share Workbook and that's not what I
want to do. When I go into Tool-Share Workbook, it has a checkbox to "allow
users to edit at the same time." But that's what we do not want. Any help on
fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

"JoD317" wrote:

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

As you can see from the posts - there are a couple of us w/the same pblm, but
no one with the answer is responding....

"Krista" wrote:

I am having this same issue with Excel. I have multi users for a file. Did
anyone find a solution.

"JoD317" wrote:

Well, it's good to know we're not alone!! Wish I had some further
suggestions, but as you can see this question hasn't generated many
responses...... Hopefully SOMEONE out there will know the solution.... Good
Luck.

"jamae918" wrote:

We are having this same problem. We want the notification to come up, but we
are not getting it. I have checked the Share Workbook and that's not what I
want to do. When I go into Tool-Share Workbook, it has a checkbox to "allow
users to edit at the same time." But that's what we do not want. Any help on
fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

"JoD317" wrote:

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by user - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.