Sorry, something went wrong. Salaudeen Rajacks Share. Point Diary. Problem  End Users receives error when trying to edit a file. Sorry, something went wrong The file FILE URL is locked for exclusive use by USER NAMERoot Cause. When users edit the document in client applications such as Microsoft Office, Share. Point places a locks and renews it for every 1. This lock is released automatically when the client application is closed, or after 1. Solution  But in some scenarios, lock retains due to reasons like Client application crash, Network connectivity issues, etc. So, the simplest solution would be wait for 1. But if you want the lock to be released immediately, You can unlock it programmaticallyThere is no UI to unlock the locked files as we do have for Check in Checked out files. So, Here is my solution to unlock the locked files using Power. Shell. Add PSSnapin microsoft. Error. Action Silently. Continue. Variables for Web and File URLs. Web. URL http intranet. File. URL http intranet. T1. SupportReportsService. Tickets. xlsx. Get Web and File Objects. The File Is Locked For Editing By Another User Sharepoint 2017' title='The File Is Locked For Editing By Another User Sharepoint 2017' />Get SPWeb Web. URL. File web. Get. FileFile. URL. Check if File is Checked out. What is User Information List As per the Name SharePoint User Information List stores information about a user by having some metadata set up for the user. Some frequently asked questions about the data protection service, Azure Rights Management Azure RMS, from Azure Information Protection. File. Check. Out. Linux Mint Cannot Install Vmware Tools Windows here. Type ne None. Write host File is Checked Out to user File. Checked. Out. By. User. Login. Name. Root Cause When users edit the document in client applications such as Microsoft Office, SharePoint places a locks and renews it for every 10 minutes to prevent. There exist a Job called User Profile Service Application User Profile to SharePoint Full Synchronization which runs every hour by default. Im opening an Excel file and Im getting the File in use popup that says its locked for editing by me. However, Ive not got it open on this computer I think I. Fud/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?fid=675226cb-313f-429f-bbf2-0cee53c1546a' alt='The File Is Locked For Editing By Another User Sharepoint 2017' title='The File Is Locked For Editing By Another User Sharepoint 2017' />Write host Checked Out Type File. Check. Out. Type. Write host Checked Out On File. Checked. Out. Date. To Release from Checkout, Ask the checked out user to Checkin. File. CheckinChecked in by Administrator. Write host File has been Checked In. Check if File is locked. File. Lock. Id ne null. Write host File is Loked out by File. Locked. By. User. Login. Name. Write host File Lock Type file. Lock. Type. Write host File Locked On file. Locked. Date. Write host File Lock Expires on file. Lock. Expires. To Release the lock, use. File. Release. LockFile. Lock. Id. Write host Released the lock. Dont forget to un comment the lines 3. You might also like. Sponsored. Check out these Share.