6/16/2023 0 Comments Sugarsync file sharingHowever, even with the hidden file shown, trying to do a search in the directory from Windows explorer, a strange thing happens: type in the search bar “.~” and the file appears, continue to type “.~lock” and the file disappears! Don’t know why!Īlso, using a file sharing service like SugarSync or Dropbox brings its own problems about file locking that has nothing to do with LibreOffice. You must check “Show hidden files, folders or drives”. If Win 7 is set to “Don’t show hidden files, folders or drives”, you won’t see it. Using LibreOffice 4.2.4 on Win 7 Pro on a Windows lan, I see that a lock file is created in the documents file folder called “.~#” without the quotes. Unfortunately, I have no idea where to find this file, let alone how to edit it. The only potentially relevant reply I can find in previous threads about this very serious issue (which, it appears, has persisted for years) says. My computers are running Windows 7 and 8, respectively, by the way, and I’m using the most recent release of Libre on both systems. But often it doesn’t work because there doesn’t seem to be any such file (and, yes, I’ve enabled “search hidden files”). Even if it worked, this would be irritating to have to do every time one closes a file. (They’re shared via a program called SugarSync.) The suggested response on this forum is to find and delete a “.~lock” file in the first computer’s directory. Virtually every time I work on and then close a LibreOffice file on one of my computers, I find it’s been locked and can’t be edited when I try to open it in my other computer.
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