https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Open-file-after-crash-problem/m-p/298549#M153976 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>On the rare occasion that AC does crash or a power outage causes a crash.<BR /> I re-open the file &amp; should get the Archicad project recovery dbx which when I select continue the file opens at the point where I last clicked. Great.<BR /> <BR /> But sometimes I get the "This project is in use by Sabertooth (the brand of my hard drive) Open with exclusive access or read only".<BR /> So I choose the exclusive access, but this means the file is only saved up to the last manual save so it does cost me valuable work.<BR /> <BR /> I am a sole practitioner &amp; never used teamwork, nobody else has access to my files.<BR /> I have asked tech support for help, but they cannot tell me why this happens.<BR /> So I hope somebody here will have had this &amp; knows why it happens.<BR /> TIA</T></DIV> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:55:42 GMT Anonymous 2023-05-25T15:55:42Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Open-file-after-crash-problem/m-p/298549#M153976 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>On the rare occasion that AC does crash or a power outage causes a crash.<BR /> I re-open the file &amp; should get the Archicad project recovery dbx which when I select continue the file opens at the point where I last clicked. Great.<BR /> <BR /> But sometimes I get the "This project is in use by Sabertooth (the brand of my hard drive) Open with exclusive access or read only".<BR /> So I choose the exclusive access, but this means the file is only saved up to the last manual save so it does cost me valuable work.<BR /> <BR /> I am a sole practitioner &amp; never used teamwork, nobody else has access to my files.<BR /> I have asked tech support for help, but they cannot tell me why this happens.<BR /> So I hope somebody here will have had this &amp; knows why it happens.<BR /> TIA</T></DIV> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:55:42 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Open-file-after-crash-problem/m-p/298549#M153976 Anonymous 2023-05-25T15:55:42Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Open-file-after-crash-problem/m-p/298550#M153977 The search you're looking for is "taking ownership of a file or folder".<BR /> <BR /> Here it is:<BR /> <A href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659%28v=ws.11%29.aspx" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lib ... s.11).aspx">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659(v=ws.11).aspx</LINK_TEXT></A><BR /> <BR /> (link may need to by copy-pasted, leave it to MS to give impossible to post links) Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:55:30 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Open-file-after-crash-problem/m-p/298550#M153977 Jeff Kogut 2016-07-27T13:55:30Z