Microsoft Knowledge Base Email Alertz

Error message when you use a Word template to export a document, to print a document, or to send an e-mail in Accounting Professional, Accounting Express, or Small Business Accounting 2006: The file is in use by another Application or user

Search KbAlertz

Advanced Search

Receive Microsoft Knowledge Base articles by E-Mail?

Every night we scan the Microsoft Knowledge Base. If technologies you're interested in are updated, we'll send you an e-mail. You only get one e-mail a day, and only when new articles are added.

Click here to create a
FREE account
Already have an account?
[Click here to Login]











Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

This article contents is Microsoft Copyrighted material.
©2005-©2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks

Article ID: 953579 - Last Review: September 10, 2011 - Revision: 2.0

Error message when you use a Word template to export a document, to print a document, or to send an e-mail in Accounting Professional, Accounting Express, or Small Business Accounting 2006: "The file is in use by another Application or user"

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Word template to export a document, to print a document, or to send an e-mail in Microsoft Office Accounting Professional, in Microsoft Office Accounting Express, or in Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006, you receive the following error message:
The file is in use by another Application or user. (path\Normal.dot)
Note The path placeholder represents the actual path of the folder where the Normal.dot file is located.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when more than one instance of Word tries to open the same Normal.dot template.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, shut down the other instances of Word. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Close all open instances of Word and all applications that use Word, such as Microsoft Office Accounting Professional, Microsoft Office Accounting Express, Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006, or Microsoft Outlook.
  2. Click Start, click Run, type taskmgr, and then click OK.
  3. On the Processes tab, click WINWORD.EXE, and then click End Process.
  4. Click Yes.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2008
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007
Keywords: 
kberrmsg kbexpertisebeginner kbtshoot kbmbsmigrate kbprb kbexpertiseinter KB953579
       

Community Feedback System

Very often, it takes hours to solve a problem. Very often, you've looked high and low, and have tried a lot of solutions. When you finally found it, chances are, it was because someone else helped you. Here's your chance to give back. Use our community feedback tool to let others know what worked for you and what didn't.

Please also understand that the community feedback system is not warranted to be correct, it's simply a system that we've built to let people try and help each other. If something in a feedback response doesn't make sense to you, or you're not comfortable making changes that the feedback talks about (like registry edits), please consult a professional.

Thank you for using kbAlertz.com Feedback System.

-- Scott Cate