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Tech Support Guy, we highly recommend that you visit our Guide for New Members. Solved: Access: Could Not Lock File Error Discussion in 'Business Applications' started by dfriend846, Sep 13, 2005. Thread Status: Not open for further error code 3050 could not lock file replies. Advertisement dfriend846 Thread Starter Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Messages: 199 We have an Access
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database on our network which about 2-3 of us use concurrently. This is not a problem for us. One person cannot access it because error 3050 couldn't lock file of a, "Could Not Lock File" error. The rest of us do not have this problem. Can anyone tell me how to correct this? Is the problem in the person's security or configuration of Access or in the runtime error 3050 couldn't lock file database? Thanks. dfriend846, Sep 13, 2005 #1 Sponsor dfriend846 Thread Starter Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Messages: 199 Here's an answer to the above problem: The users who had problems opening Access had read only rights for the network folder containing the database. If they were the first (only?) user then there was no problem but if they logged on as a multiple user the program could not create a lock file since they did not have
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write priveleges. When changed to allow write priveleges the problem went away. dfriend846, Oct 2, 2005 #2 Adeyan Joined: Jan 4, 2007 Messages: 9 Thanks, exactly what i was looking for Adeyan, Jan 4, 2007 #3 glisando Joined: Jun 1, 2007 Messages: 15 I am having the same problem in my workplace too. I just took over the admistration of the database recently. There is a user who always gets the 'could not lock file' error Is giving them 'write' privellages the only way to solve this problem? What if that particular user is not supposed to do any editing of the data, and I end up giving him 'WRITE' privellages? Could it be something to do with the registry settings of the user's notebook/PC? I managed to get some info from this site : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305995 Could anyone confirm that the method suggested by the above mentioned link will solve the problem? Thanks. regards glisando glisando, Jun 1, 2007 #4 dfriend846 Thread Starter Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Messages: 199 Hello Glisando, I'm sorry but I cannot confirm that the other method will work. In my 2005 note I referred to the Write priveleges of the folder on the network. There are ways to prevent people with Write priveleges from altering data. In my case the users access the data via forms and those who should not change the d
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Vietnam Espanol About About Answers Community Guidelines Leaderboard Knowledge Partners Points & Levels Blog Safety Tips Computers & Internet Software Next I have a user that gets error 3050 "cannot lock file" when trying to open a https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-access-could-not-lock-file-error.398720/ microsoft access database file....? This user tries to open the file but gets the error 3050. He has full access to the file and the folder it's in. I searched this error and found something telling me to delete the old LDB file. Is this a good idea? I'm not sure if deleting that will cause errors with the database file. Just looking for... show more This user tries to open the file https://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20090722124806AAyfYZC but gets the error 3050. He has full access to the file and the folder it's in. I searched this error and found something telling me to delete the old LDB file. Is this a good idea? I'm not sure if deleting that will cause errors with the database file. Just looking for a solution to fix the problem. Thanks in advance. Follow 3 answers 3 Report Abuse Are you sure you want to delete this answer? Yes No Sorry, something has gone wrong. Trending Now Oregon Ducks Hilary Duff Becky Lynch Sidney Crosby Mortgage Calculator Cheap Airline Tickets Barack Obama Keith Richards MBA Programs Sony PlayStation Answers Relevance Rating Newest Oldest Best Answer: The error 3050 normally refers to a folder which is read only and needs to have full access rights set (Windows system settings) due to the fact it generates an 'LDB' file. This LDB file is a locking file that is self generating containing all current users (machine ID) currently looking at the same name MDB file (in the same location). You can safely delete this file (and users must be out/off the system) and it will re-generate itself the next time you restart. If you can run the 'Compact and Repair' command in Access to repair bad indexing and any potential corrupted data value
Post your question and get tips & solutions from a community of 418,509 IT Pros & Developers. It's quick https://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/442127-could-not-lock-file-error-3050-a & easy. Could Not Lock File Error 3050 P: n/a El Network users http://kb.tableau.com/articles/issue/error-could-not-lock-file-connecting-to-access with read-only access are getting this error message when another user is in the database. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?? Thanks! Jan 6 '06 #1 Post Reply Share this Question 1 Reply P: n/a Allen Browne I suspect Access is attempting to open the database (or ldb) lock file with write access, and of course that is failing. What happens if you open the database from a shortcut that uses the /ro switch to explicitly open it read-only? Example target for the shortcut: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" "C:\MyFile.mdb" /ro (Another possibility is that the original use has the database open exclusively.) -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access could not lock users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "El" wrote in message news:11**********************@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... Network users with read-only access are getting this error message when another user is in the database. Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?? Thanks! Jan 6 '06 #2 This discussion thread is closed Start new discussion Replies have been disabled for this discussion. Similar topics Print Pdf file problem after publish on ISS server Error "Could not save; currently locked by another user." Releasing lock on a text file? Could Not Lock File Error 3050 File lock failure Could not lock file error "could not write to output file" problem Error: Invalid PInvoke metadata format DLL Lock Issue OPENDATASOURCE: text file as input ? Browse more Microsoft Access / VBA Questions on Bytes Question stats viewed: 17168 replies: 1 date asked: Jan 6 '06 Follow this discussion BYTES.COM © 2016 Formerly "TheScripts.com" from 2005-2008 About Bytes | Advertise on Bytes | Contact Us Sitemap | Microsoft Access / VBA Answers Sitemap | Microsoft Access / VBA Insights Sitemap Follow us to get the Latest Bytes Updates