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MS Office using OneDrive for Business tells me that I have locked a file for editing. How can I unlock it so that I can use and save it?

Here is what I have tried:

  1. Close all open Web browsers (in case of cloud locking).
  2. Close all open MS Office programs.
  3. Close all open instances of Explorer.
  4. Run handle.exe > No matching handles found.
  5. Restart the computer.
  6. Then reopen the file.

FILE IN USE This file is locked for editing by <my name>.

I have also tried to find the "owner file" as in the answer: https://superuser.com/a/30984/164640

My current workaround is to "Save As" with a -v2 suffix. Sigh.

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Shaun Luttin
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