Close them one by one and see whether it helps. Sometimes the file is locked by another user, and other times the 'another user' is actually you. Many third party applications also cause the problem like Tuneup Utilities, Abby Finereader, Kaspersky Anti Virus etc.
If this is the problem, then you will need to update your printer driver for default printer.ĥ.
It may be some physical one or One Note or XPS or PDF or anything else. Close all office applications and change your default printer through Start > Devices and Printers to another printer. Sometimes, this is caused due to excel not being able to access the default printer.
If there is some corruption in profile which is causing this problem, this would correct.Ĥ. In an era of digitalization, the threat to your data could be a nightmare, especially when it gets into the wrong hands.
Try to login through another Windows profile. If yes, then start application normally and disable add-ins one by one and start application again every time you disable an add-in to determine the culprit add-in.Ĥ. Hold CTRL key and click on application icon and don't release the CTRL key till it asks you for Safe mode confirmation. To determine, if add-in is a problem start your application in safe mode and see if problem has gone away. Type ""? application.StartupPath"" without quotes and press enterģ. Same can be also be accessed through View > Immediate WindowĤ. If Immediate Window is not visible, type CTRL+G. Excel folder contains XLSTART folder in itself (In case, your XLSTART path is not in Appdata)ģ. Note - If the above path is not applicable for your installation, you need to find XLSTART path. Now open Excel and see if the problem disappears or not. Move those files to some other location (i.e create a backup of those files / folders and delete all files / folders from here). Please look into C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel (replace user name with your user name, you can directly reach here by copy and pasting following without quotes in Explorer address bar - ""%appdata%\Microsoft\Excel"") and see if is contains few files / folders. irst try Quick Repair (takes 5 - 10 mins), if that doesn't help then try Online Repair (Takes more than 30 mins but less than 1 hour in general)Ģ. Check if there are any documents without a checked. Try to delete it and if it gets deleted, then restore it back from the recycle bin. Step 2: Search for the Microsoft Management Console by inputting 'MMC' on the search bar.
To begin, launch the 'Run' dialogue box by simultaneously holding the 'Windows' key and pressing 'R'. Step 1: Keenly note the file name and the file path. Check if Upload Center has locked this document. If you are not successful then here is a simple guide to accessing an excel file locked for editing. Open the document in the Online app and rename the file from there. Try following one by one as check after every step whether it resolves the issue-ġ. Logout from MetaShare/SharePoint and login again.