Odd Excel problem when 2010 spreadsheets

[uchacker11]

I am experiencing a very weird problem in Excel 2003. Whenever I open a document that was created in Excel 2010, (I have the compatibility pack installed) Excel tells me that the file is in use when I try to save. Then Excel offers to save the file in a different location but deletes the file from the original location. I have tried to copy the files locally to my hard drive, to ensure that I am the only person opening the file, and it still gives me this error.

Other people are not having this problem and I have tried different computers with the same problem. Any help would be appreciated.

[OTPM]

Hi
It is just possible that the person that sent you the Excel file from 2010 sent it whilst it was open (i.e. file > send > mail recipient) and a flag is still set in the file to say it is open. Try asking the sender to save the file as a 2003 Excel file, then close it and copy the closed file into an email and send it to you.
I am not saying this will resolve your issue but it seems logical.
Let us know how you get on.
Tony (OTPM)