If you can't edit a file in any application, including the Terminal, then it may have a lock flag associated with it. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

Users with external hard drives or other storage devices may run into problems accessing files on these devices, especially when attempting to delete files that are reported by Mac OS X to be "locked" ...

Some Office users have recently experienced “Unknown error trying to lock file” while using Office apps like Excel, Teams, OneDrive, PowerPoint, etc. It’s even ...

Before we go ahead, rebooting the computer and clearing temporary files may not help. It has been reported several times, and that may not work. So follow these suggestions: Launch Steam with Admin ...

Windows only: Free application Pocket Killbox deletes files Windows Explorer won't because they're in use or locked. If you tried our previous tips on deleting locked files and were still unable to ...

Why are the damn photos files locked and if so why can they not give me a simple method of unlocking all the photo files when I want to work on them? I rotate the photo in Photoshop, or Irfanview, and ...

OK, this is probably me being stupid, but since installing SL I am having problems sharing files with my co-worker.<BR><BR>There are two problems, and I don't know if they're connected:<BR>1. All my ...