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You receive a message when you try to open an Excel 2007 document on a Windows Vista-based computer from a remote shared folder, even if no other user is using the document: “File in use”

On a Windows Vista-based computer, you open a remote shared folder in Windows Explorer that uses the Details view and for which the Preview Pane layout is enabled. When you try to open a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Workbook from the remote shared folder, you may receive the following message:
File in Use file_name is locked for editing by user_name
However, in this case, no other user is using this document.

Note: This problem also occurs when you try to open other shared 2007 Office documents. Different users cannot exclusively edit such shared documents.

There is a download that resolves this issue. See Hotfixes for details. This issue is resolved in SP1.

For more information on this issue, including potential causes, workarounds, and resolutions, see: Microsoft KB Article KB942146.

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