Microsoft KB Archive/213879

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

Article ID: 213879

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213879





ERROR MESSAGE
You may receive the following error message:

Unable to read file.

Unexpected file lock by. 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:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.



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



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When you contact support, please refer to article ID Q213879.

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