If the file is in a shared folder on a network, I have had to either remove the share then delete the .ldb file and then put the share back, or reboot the server at times to get the lock to clear...Something in the share still thinks someone has the file open.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. (Calvin from Calvin And Hobbs)
Robert L. Johnson III
CCNA, CCDA, MCSA, CNA, Net+, A+, CHDP
VB/Access Programmer