"Carlque" <cqabug@idirect.com> wrote in message news:<B86dnW9NSOkPrgDcRVn-1A@look.ca>...
> Hi,
>
> While working on a template I was told by my computer that I was doing an
> illegal operation. Now my computer says that my info.doc. is locked by me.
> It says "read only". It says further, click "notify" to open "read only"
> copy of the doc. and receive notifcation when doc. is no longer in use. How
> do you unlock a doc. file? Also, since my template has a shortcut icon on
> the desktop, it affected my desktop so that I can't open any application via
> the desktop. I have to use the start button to do it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Carlos

go to the folder where the doc file and delete all the .tmp files

there's a file ~blah.tmp that you have to delete. It's prob best to
delete ~*.tmp everywhere. This prob can happen if word was not closed
and the comp was turned off or restarted. like when there's a crash.