Can't delete file after rename/save as LurfysMa <invalid[ at ]invalid.invalid> 5/30/2007 12:08:37 AM So I am going about converting my .doc files to .docx files. (I don't know the compelling logic behind the change of extension, but it has definitely been a big productivity boost for me.) I load a .doc file and "Save as" ,docx. Now I have 2 files with the same name and a different extension. Since I opened it from Explorer, I just Alt-Tab back and try to delete the old one. But it won't let me do that. Even thogh Word is no longer editing the old one, the error message says that it is. I have to close the new one before I can delete the old one. Do these guys do any testing at all? Is there a utility that will convert all of the docs in a folder to the new format and erase the old ones? I tried just renaming it, but then Word is too stupid to load it. Too simple and obvious, I guess. Anyone have a better method? I have several thousand to do. I am actually starting to like at least some of the new features, but the migration plan is a disaster. Arrogance or stupidity. -- Office 2007 Pro on WinXP

Re: Can't delete file after rename/save as "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotmail.com> 5/30/2007 12:37:17 AM I've seen something similar to that in the past - as in before 2007. Any time you do a Save As, you have to close the new file before you can delete the old one. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "LurfysMa" <invalid[ at ]invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:fifp53d4r36g0m27mvpaarom5ou9qvg4ii[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > So I am going about converting my .doc files to .docx files. (I don't > know the compelling logic behind the change of extension, but it has > definitely been a big productivity boost for me.) > > I load a .doc file and "Save as" ,docx. Now I have 2 files with the > same name and a different extension. > > Since I opened it from Explorer, I just Alt-Tab back and try to delete > the old one. But it won't let me do that. Even thogh Word is no longer > editing the old one, the error message says that it is. I have to > close the new one before I can delete the old one. > > Do these guys do any testing at all? > > Is there a utility that will convert all of the docs in a folder to > the new format and erase the old ones? > > I tried just renaming it, but then Word is too stupid to load it. Too > simple and obvious, I guess. > > Anyone have a better method? I have several thousand to do. > > I am actually starting to like at least some of the new features, but > the migration plan is a disaster. Arrogance or stupidity. > > -- > Office 2007 Pro on WinXP

Re: Can't delete file after rename/save as "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 5/30/2007 8:56:05 AM I think this has something to do with a Word generated temp locking file that isn't removed until Word is closed. It's a nightmare! What happens if you deliberately select Open as a Copy and then save as a docx? Perhaps as a workaround, you open up from the current folder and SaveAs to a docx into a different folder. The when the task is complete, you go back and rename the old doc folder and then rename the new docx folder to the same name as the old folder? (I hope that's clear!) Terry "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:80703D76-E949-432D-B067-8F30AD911389[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I've seen something similar to that in the past - as in before 2007. Any > time you do a Save As, you have to close the new file before you can > delete the old one. > > > -- > > JoAnn Paules > Microsoft MVP - Publisher > > How to ask a question > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > > > "LurfysMa" <invalid[ at ]invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:fifp53d4r36g0m27mvpaarom5ou9qvg4ii[ at ]4ax.com... >> So I am going about converting my .doc files to .docx files. (I don't >> know the compelling logic behind the change of extension, but it has >> definitely been a big productivity boost for me.) >> >> I load a .doc file and "Save as" ,docx. Now I have 2 files with the >> same name and a different extension. >> >> Since I opened it from Explorer, I just Alt-Tab back and try to delete >> the old one. But it won't let me do that. Even thogh Word is no longer >> editing the old one, the error message says that it is. I have to >> close the new one before I can delete the old one. >> >> Do these guys do any testing at all? >> >> Is there a utility that will convert all of the docs in a folder to >> the new format and erase the old ones? >> >> I tried just renaming it, but then Word is too stupid to load it. Too >> simple and obvious, I guess. >> >> Anyone have a better method? I have several thousand to do. >> >> I am actually starting to like at least some of the new features, but >> the migration plan is a disaster. Arrogance or stupidity. >> >> -- >> Office 2007 Pro on WinXP >

Re: Can't delete file after rename/save as LurfysMa <invalid[ at ]invalid.invalid> 5/30/2007 2:04:14 PM On Tue, 29 May 2007 20:37:17 -0400, "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I've seen something similar to that in the past - as in before 2007. Any >time you do a Save As, you have to close the new file before you can delete >the old one. Are you saying that this doesn't happen to everyone? If you open a document and save it as some other document, are you able to delete the original while you still have the renamed one open? -- Office 2007 Pro on WinXP

Re: Can't delete file after rename/save as "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 5/30/2007 2:49:59 PM It seems to vary by version. I can recall in some previous versions that if I opened Document A and saved it as Document B, I then couldn't delete Document A as long as Document B was open because the "owner" file (~$filename.doc) created when I opened Document A was not deleted till I closed Document B. In Word 2003, although the owner file remains open, I can delete or rename or move or otherwise deal with Document A without closing Document B. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "LurfysMa" <invalid[ at ]invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:701r53lqkftqjrffdg4hs4iea3nc4di4nt[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Tue, 29 May 2007 20:37:17 -0400, "JoAnn Paules" > <jl_paules[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: > > >I've seen something similar to that in the past - as in before 2007. Any > >time you do a Save As, you have to close the new file before you can delete > >the old one. > > Are you saying that this doesn't happen to everyone? > > If you open a document and save it as some other document, are you > able to delete the original while you still have the renamed one open? > > -- > Office 2007 Pro on WinXP