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Hi Brian/Unix Team,
 
Never mind. Turns out I can delete the file myself.
 
Thanks anyway,
Kristi

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Kristin,

This problem is due to the nature of the file
share server (called Samba) and the way it
interacts with open files.  Typically when a
network connection or connectivity is interrupted
while the file is open, it causes the document to
show up as locked for editing by the "user" that
the office program was installed under.  In this
case, it was Joe Crowe, who built the installation
of office for the images we put on computers (not
all of them, just older systems).

The file servers that mount the all the network
drives run on Unix, and this is an issue that can
only be resolved by the unix team.

In the meantime, the only workaround I can offer
is to open the file, save it under a new name, and
let the unix team (unix@wou.edu) know the path to
the "locked" files so they can delete them.

The "locked" files do not show up as read only in
the file system according to the unix admins.  Its
a "disconnect" that only really affects office
documents opened from the Samba file servers.