Microsoft KB Archive/117829

Mac Works 4.0 Error: Works 4.0 Preferences Is Either Locked …

PSS ID Number: Q117829 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

When you try to open Microsoft Works version 4.0 for the Macintosh, the following message appears if the Works 4.0 Preferences file is locked:

Works 4.0 Preferences is either locked or corrupted. Please unlock Works Preferences or remove it and try again.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To prevent the above error message, unlock the Works 4.0 Preferences file, as follows:


 * 1) Open the Preferences Folder, located in the System Folder, and click the Works 4.0 Preferences file once.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Get Info.
 * 3) Clear the Locked check box.

This error may occur if the Works 4.0 Preferences file has become corrupt. If this occurs, remove the Works 4.0 Preferences file from the Preferences folder. When Works starts, it will create a new Preferences file in the place of the corrupt file.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: macworkskb

= Additional reference words: kbhowto 4.00 mac mwksmisc mwksprb =

Keywords : kberrmsg Version : 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.