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Old 08-07-2014, 12:07 PM
bonitaramey bonitaramey is offline Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Windows XP Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Office 2000
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I am trying to delete a word document, right clicking on the file name and clicking "delete" but it keeps telling me it can't delete it because it's open in Word - but it's not! What's going on? I have Word 2010.
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Old 08-08-2014, 08:39 AM
Robert2 Robert2 is offline Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Windows 8 Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Office 2007
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Some people have had some luck with this by turning the File Explorer Preview Pane off.
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Old 08-09-2014, 07:03 AM
bonitaramey bonitaramey is offline Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Windows XP Word won't let me delete a file - it thinks it's open in Word but it's not. Office 2000
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Thank you! It was, in fact, the preview pane holding the file hostage. Thanks!
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