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Old 1st May 2001 | 19:41
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Some (most?) M$ software is a bit hostile to allowing access to data files while it is being worked on.

Since you rebooted while the program had a file open it was probably stilled locked.

Not sure how Powerpoint locks its files but you could try checking the 'read only' flag.

Right click on the file & select 'Properties'. There will be set of tick boxes that allow you to change the read only, archive, hidden & system flags. Make sure that the hidden, system & read only options aren't selected.

Alternatively, if Powerpoint is like Word or Access, it creates a temporary file for each document opened. Perhpas you could try deleting or changing the read only flags on this file?