How to delete corrupted/locked normal.dot?
Hi,
Whenever I try to close Word 2003, it throws an error saying that "File is using by other application/user ( H:/template/normal.dot)".
If I click OK, a 'Save As' window opens but it fails to save nothing happens. If I try to close word again 'Changes have been made that effect golbal template, do you want to save'
, If i click NO, then the Word closes. This happens every time and for few more users.
Settings from word: 
The environment is Citrix where it has more than 250 servers, a common file "H:/template/normal.dot" is used as tempate in all these servers from the shared H drive(each user has his own H drive). The error may be because the template file is corrupted OR it is being used by Word from any of the servers ( which I am not able to find as we have more than 250 servers where Word is installed).
I tried deleting normal.dot, but could not as it says file is in use. By googling i found that file can be deleted by booting system in safe mode, which can not be done
in my case as the file is located in a shared folder.
Can any one help me in this?
Thanks
Answers (2)
Have a look at Graham Mayor's blog.
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
It's mainly Office 2007/2010, but you could probably convert it to Office 2003.
Hmm.. I missed the part where this is a Citrix solution. Gotta learn to read the whole text. :)
Could it be that the Citrix session is terminated/disconnected while word is still running? That would cause the $~Normal.dot to remain and not get deleted I guess and still connected to the old Citrix session.
