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You receive the "Unable to read file. Unexpected file lock" error message in Excel 2000


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Error message

You may receive the following error message:
Unable to read file.
Unexpected file lock by name. Please try again, and then if necessary, use the Share Workbook command (Tools menu).
NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that permits you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address: NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

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Cause

We need more information about your specific situation to determine why you got this error message.

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Things to try

Contact Microsoft Product Support Services

Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services by using the contact information provided on the support options page at: When you contact support, please refer to article ID Q213879.

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Keywords: KB213879, kbprb, kbfix, kbdownload, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 213879
Revision : 8
Created on : 12/2/2005
Published on : 12/2/2005
Exists online : False
Views : 329