Microsoft KB Archive/101826

Publisher Err Msg: The File %s Is Locked

= Publisher Err Msg: The File %s Is Locked =

Q101826
--- The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a ---

SYMPTOMS

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Publisher generates the error message

The file %s is locked. It is currently being used by another application. Please close the other application and then try opening or importing the file again.

if you create an icon for a Publisher file, open the file by double-clicking the file's icon, open the file again by double-clicking the file's icon while also pressing SHIFT, and then maximize Publisher.

One would expect that the error message would have the filename rather than %s.

CAUSE

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Publisher does not support opening duplicate files concurrently. As a result, there is no workaround for this problem, other than not opening the second instance of the file.

STATUS

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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Publisher versions 2.0 and 2.0a. This problem was corrected in Publisher version 3.0 for Windows 95.

Additional query words: 2.00 mspub pub20 win31 locked %s 2.00a