
Locking your PDF is beneficial for many reasons, from sharing classified information that you want to be certain can’t be shared with additional people to making sure no one can claim your creative work as their own - such as a photograph of a cool dog in sunglasses.

The second step transforms it back to PDF format. Another user who had opened the file will be disconnected, and you are able to edit it.To summarize, this process first takes the PDF and renders it into an image file - which prevents not only editing, but also protects the PDF from copying.

Right click on it and select “Close Open File” option to unlock it. * In its right pane, you should see the locked file in the list. * Under Console Root, double click on Shared Folders (***) > Open Files to expand the list. * Then check “Open Files” box, and click OK button. Check “Local computer“ box if locked Excel file store on your current device, or check “Another computer“ to browse to the server location where this file resides. * The system will let you pick up the computer you would like to snap-in to manage. * Within the Microsoft Management Console, click File menu, select Add/Remove Snap-in > “Shared Folders” from Available snap-ins list, and click Add button. * Press both Win + R from your keyboard, type mms into Run box and hit Enter. * First you must use System Administrators or login to system using a account with Admin right. If the Word/Excel application crashes or other unusual event happens, such file exists and you should face the “File is locked for editing/in use” issues. How can I resolve the problem by forcing the file handle lock to be removed?Ī temporary file created by Office software contains the name of the user who has used the document, and prevents others from editing it. Open Read-Only or click Notify to receive notification when the document is no longer in use.”error.

File is locked for editing by another user. xlsx file from there and it just popped up “File is locked for editing/in use.

Today when I try to make change with a Microsoft Excel. I had installed Office 2013 version (not the web application) on my Surface Pro 3 running Windows 10, and setup Homegroup to share file documents with full permissions for other PCs.
