Locked excel spreadsheet

[lb1]

I have on my desktop an excel file that is locked by another user. I can open the file as Read only.
My PC is not on a network and I would like to just delete this file.
So far I cannot find a way to do this. Is there a way to just delete this file or do I need to see it forever?
Thanks for any help.
Louis

 

[bluedragon2]

What OS are you running?

Blue

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[lb1]

Win 98

 

[bluedragon2]

Not sure about Win98, but in NT, if you have administrative rights to the PC, you can take ownership of a file and then delete it. You might try right clicking on the file and view the properties to see if there is a way to take ownership or change the attributes of the file.



Blue

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[lb1]

I tried this but it didn't do anytging. Thanks anyway

 

[Daveyboy2]

try going into safe mode and deleting it from there. Worst case is to boot into DOS and delete it.

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