SOLVED File in use by another application or user...

[NikkiT3]

Hello, everyone. For the past three weeks or so, every time I open a Word document, a window pops up saying "the file is in use by another application or user." How do I make this stop?

 

[Wolfie]

Hi NikkiT3,

do you have more than one user on your system or are you running a home network with other household members?. Before you click on a Word doc, open "Task Manager" and see if Word is running in the background or set to run at Start-up!.

 

[NikkiT3]

Hi NikkiT3,

do you have more than one user on your system or are you running a home network with other household members?. Before you click on a Word doc, open "Task Manager" and see if Word is running in the background or set to run at Start-up!.

Hi, Wolfie! Thanks so much for your response. In the meantime, it occurred to me to investigate potential issues with Firefox, since that is the browser running while I open the Word docs. I decided to Google "how to stop Firefox from downloading Word files..." I came across an article about "refreshing" Firefox. I went to the FF website and refreshed it. Guess what? Problem solved. I've been dealing with this for three weeks and kept thinking that Windows--or Word--was the problem. It didn't occur to me that it could be the browser. Problem solved--at least for now. Thank you!

 

[bassfisher6522]

Yeah....just keep that in mind from now on, that your browsers need to be refreshed from time to time. That said, you can use Ccleaner to do that on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. It's free.