How to clear a shared file that is locked on a domain network

Introduction Let's say you have a Word document (or a similar file) someone opened and forgot to close and now you can't edit...

Introduction

Let's say you have a Word document (or a similar file) someone opened and forgot to close and now you can't edit it because it's locked! What to do?!

Steps (6 total)

1

Disconnect User

Disconnect user who is associated with the locked file from the machine they are currently using. (Normally you get the username from the lock error pop-up)

2

Connect to your File Server's File Services

Go to your file serve r– Right Click My computer – Click Manage – Expand Server Manager – Click Roles – Click File Services

3

Click on Share and Storage management

Click on the Share and Storage management.

4

Close open sessions

Under the actions menu on the right Click on “Manages Sessions…” , look for any related open sessions and close all of them

5

Close Open Files

Under actions menu on the right Click on “Manages Open Files…” , look for any related open sessions and close all of them

6

Open your file

At this point you should be ok to open your shared file now to edit.

Conclusion

If you read this and want to add more detail feel free... I figured I would share this for those who either forgot or never had to do this