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I ran into an issue with my open office base file. It appears to be locked (I have file.odb and file.odb.lck). Now I can open the base file, but as soon as I select Tables it crashes on me and when I open any of the Reports, it crashes on me.

How do I unlock it? Or is it a different issue other than file lock?

Thanks!

EDIT (13.VIII.2012, 12.54) Let me add a bit more info. It's openoffice 3.4, running on Windows XP pro 32-bit OS. There is no screen shot I can get of you a crash, since as soon as I click on Table or trying to open any Reports, the file crashes and closes. I can open the file, just can't do anything to it.

EDIT (13.VIII.2012, 13.00) Here is what the .lck file holds in it:

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Let me know if that helps!

EDIT (13.VIII.2012, 16.45)

Here is the error message, I get after I try to save the file as...:

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EDIT (14.VIII.2012, 10.01)

Hopefully, this one helps a little more:

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George
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A wild guess is all I can do : Your database is either corrupted or something in it causes Base (not known for stability) to crash.

Assuming that your database is dead, I suggest that you try at least to recover your data.
See this tutorial : Recovering a damaged odb file.

Let me know how this recovery procedure worked for you.

harrymc
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