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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by vdven <vd...@tele2.nl> on 2013/12/11 12:01:12 UTC

cannot open lock file

hi

My stick crashed. I got the files of. but now i cannot open them i 
have the following files

.~lock.name

and name.doc

iif i open the name.doc, i have the useless codeselection thing, 
after which i get a page with weird symbols. The lock file is blanc.

Is there a way to retrieve my file.

Thanks

Bryan


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Re: cannot open lock file

Posted by Hagar Delest <ha...@laposte.net>.
Sadly, using AOO on a stick directly is a very bad idea. If there is a crash there is nothing to be done.
Better copy the file on the HD and once the work is done, move it back to the stick (and delete the file of the HD afterward if necessary). If the transfer fails, you still have the file on the HD.

NB: working with .doc is even worse in case of crash. Better stick to native ODF (.odt for text).

The lock file is indeed a blank file that is created each time you open a file so that no other user can overwrite it in the mean time.

Hagar


Le 11/12/2013 14:16, catherine manuel-lamarque a écrit :

> same problem, so ?
>
>
> *Catherine Manuel-Lamarque*
>
> *06 46 33 65 23 - 05 24 62 92 99*
>
> http://lesateliersdelacoquille.blogspot.com/
>
>
> 2013/12/11 vdven <vd...@tele2.nl>
>
>> hi
>>
>> My stick crashed. I got the files of. but now i cannot open them i have
>> the following files
>>
>> .~lock.name
>>
>> and name.doc
>>
>> iif i open the name.doc, i have the useless codeselection thing, after
>> which i get a page with weird symbols. The lock file is blanc.
>>
>> Is there a way to retrieve my file.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>>
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>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
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Re: cannot open lock file

Posted by catherine manuel-lamarque <cm...@gmail.com>.
same problem, so ?


*Catherine Manuel-Lamarque*

*06 46 33 65 23 - 05 24 62 92 99*

http://lesateliersdelacoquille.blogspot.com/


2013/12/11 vdven <vd...@tele2.nl>

> hi
>
> My stick crashed. I got the files of. but now i cannot open them i have
> the following files
>
> .~lock.name
>
> and name.doc
>
> iif i open the name.doc, i have the useless codeselection thing, after
> which i get a page with weird symbols. The lock file is blanc.
>
> Is there a way to retrieve my file.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bryan
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@openoffice.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@openoffice.apache.org
>
>