02-11-07 Could not save...file already in use or was left open

Photoshop 7.0, running on WinXP.

Some files, and for seemingly no reason, can't be Saved (or moved / renamed / deleted). Only Save-as works, under a new name.

The warning message - "Could not save... because the file is already in use or was left open".

On the next system reboot, the offending file is normally ok to save, rename, move or delete. However, I have a few files that are still locked. Also, in the folder they don't appear as a thumbnail (like other files).

Am I stuck with these files for life?

J

Give this free tool a try: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ (the download link is about halfway down on the page).

I've been using it for upwards of a year now, and it's been a great help with stubborn Photoshop files, unlocking video files that Explorer decides to generate thumbnails for when I try to move them, and pretty much anything else that needs to be unlocked.

Raivo

JWSM wrote:

Photoshop 7.0, running on WinXP.

Some files, and for seemingly no reason, can't be Saved (or moved / renamed / deleted). Only Save-as works, under a new name.
The warning message - "Could not save... because the file is already in use or was left open".

On the next system reboot, the offending file is normally ok to save, rename, move or delete. However, I have a few files that are still locked. Also, in the folder they don't appear as a thumbnail (like other files).

Am I stuck with these files for life?

J

Many thanks... that worked a treat...unlocked and deleted!

;-)
J

"Raivo Lindemann" wrote in message

Give this free tool a try: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ (the download link is about halfway down on the page).

I've been using it for upwards of a year now, and it's been a great help with stubborn Photoshop files, unlocking video files that Explorer decides to generate thumbnails for when I try to move them, and pretty much anything else that needs to be unlocked.

Raivo

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