Microsoft WORD document is locked for editing by me

TarfHead

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Does anyone know of a way around this ?

When I open the document in WORD (Office 2003, Windows XP Professional), I get a message that the document is locked for editing by 'TarfHead', i.e. me.

I've tried Google for an answer, but no joy so far. There is no ~*.tmp file in the same folder, or in my /TEMP, nor in my WINDOWS/TEMP folders.

I could 'Save As', delete original, and rename the 'Saved As', but there surely is a better solution ?
 
Thanks, x2

The document is on a network.

I tried the actions suggested in the KB article. The error message now reads ".. locked by 'another user' ..". There are no other 'owner files' in the directory.
 
Thanks
Followed those links, and still no joy.

I'll settle for a Save As/Delete/Rename
 
If its opened by someone else on the network, and it crashes, and they don't reboot, it may he locked open on their machine until they restart.
 
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