Multiple users editing a workbook thats not shared

Dazza13

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We have a problem with a particular excel workbook and the fact that two users can both edit and save changes even though it is not set as a shared workbook.

The file is on a network share they both have the same access to directory and the same effective permissions to the file. The file is in 97-2003 format and one user is using 2003 and the other 2007.

I have tried everything I can think to get it so that if one user has it open the other one can only open it as read only but nothing seems to work, I have even tried saving it as html then saving it back to xls file format. I have tried setting the WB as shared then taking it off again still no joy.

This is really starting to bug me now but I don't know what else to try.
 

Excel Facts

Repeat Last Command
Pressing F4 adds dollar signs when editing a formula. When not editing, F4 repeats last command.
Try this in the This Workbook:

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

If ActiveWorkbook.ReadOnly = True Then

'Run a macro to locks all or certin critical cells

End If

End Sub

I use this for the same reason, I have a macro that locks all unlocked cells on close then unlocks them on open to ensure the macros are enabled. Then the above runs and if someone else is in the file it locks all the cells again.

Doesn't stop them creating a copy of!
 
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