why won't word 2007 release control of a .rtf file after exiting w

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH ACCESS TO RICH TEXT FILES BY PROGRAMS OTHER THAN
WORD------ AFTER THE FILE OPEN IN WORD IS CLOSED AND EVEN AFTER WORD HAS BEEN
SHUT DOWN (EXITED) ---------- I GET THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE FILE IS "IN
USE" BY WORD WHEN (FOR EXAMPLE) AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DELETE IT ----
SOMETIMES WHEN RE-OPENING THE FILE AFTER RE-STARTING WORD THE FILE CANNOT BE
SAVED BECAUSE IT IS IN "READ ONLY" MODE ------- AFTER MUCH FIDDLING AROUND I
FINALLY MANAGED TO DELETE THE PROBLEM FILE ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM
RETURN WITH A DIFFERNT FILE ----- WORD 2007 IS OPENING .RTF FILES IN
COMPATIBILITY MODE----------- MY CURRENT SOLUTION IS SETTING THE DEFAULT .RTF
PROGRAM TO WORDPAD -- I AM USING WINDOWS VISTA

No need to SHOUT!!!
See http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



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I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH ACCESS TO RICH TEXT FILES BY PROGRAMS OTHER THAN
WORD------ AFTER THE FILE OPEN IN WORD IS CLOSED AND EVEN AFTER WORD HAS
BEEN
SHUT DOWN (EXITED) ---------- I GET THE ERROR MESSAGE THAT THE FILE IS "IN
USE" BY WORD WHEN (FOR EXAMPLE) AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DELETE IT ----
SOMETIMES WHEN RE-OPENING THE FILE AFTER RE-STARTING WORD THE FILE CANNOT
BE
SAVED BECAUSE IT IS IN "READ ONLY" MODE ------- AFTER MUCH FIDDLING AROUND
I
FINALLY MANAGED TO DELETE THE PROBLEM FILE ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM
RETURN WITH A DIFFERNT FILE ----- WORD 2007 IS OPENING .RTF FILES IN
COMPATIBILITY MODE----------- MY CURRENT SOLUTION IS SETTING THE DEFAULT
.RTF
PROGRAM TO WORDPAD -- I AM USING WINDOWS VISTA