>>>How do you unlock a file on the file server? Is there a procedure in OS that allows you to do that?
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>
>>You can forcibly close files manually
>>>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>shared folders>Open Files
>>And then 'kill them' one by one there :)
>>That is if you are on server machine;
>>You can do it also from netw PC with sufficient rights by connecting
>>to server machine first and then doing it in the same way as you would kill locally open file.
>>
>>HTH
>
>Thank you very much for your help.

Glad I could help :)
(I wish I knew how to do this from VFP)