Can't delete .LCK files

[wildwatermelon12@yahoo.com]

I am having a huge problem with .LCK files. I thought that these could
only be generated in Contribute, but suddenly several of the
directories in my Dreamweaver site are creating them, and I am
completely unable to delete them, or update the corresponding .cfm
pages. I have tried deleting them off the server directly with no
effect. Every time I try to upload changes to a page it creates this
..LCK file, and none of the changes are saved-- on the server OR in
Dreamweaver! Can someone please help me with this, I am totally at a
loss. Thanks!

[semi star gazer]

I am having a huge problem with .LCK files. I thought that these could only be
generated in Contribute, but suddenly several of the directories in my
Dreamweaver site are creating them, and I am completely unable to delete them,
or update the corresponding .cfm ages. I have tried deleting them off the
server directly with no effect. Every time I try to upload changes to a page it
creates this .LCK file, and none of the changes are saved-- on the server OR in
Dreamweaver! Can someone please help me with this, I am totally at a loss.
Thanks!

[semi star gazer]

I am having a huge problem with .LCK files. I thought that these could only be
generated in Contribute, but suddenly several of the directories in my
Dreamweaver site are creating them, and I am completely unable to delete them,
or update the corresponding .cfm ages. I have tried deleting them off the
server directly with no effect. Every time I try to upload changes to a page it
creates this .LCK file, and none of the changes are saved-- on the server OR in
Dreamweaver! Can someone please help me with this, I am totally at a loss.
Thanks!

[abna]

Turn off the check-in/check-out feature in Dreamweaver. If you launch into
Dreamweaver from Contribute and that is turned on, you'll get .lck files for
that page and every page or image that page links to. (I once got thousands).
To get rid of your .lck files, remove them from the site (just use the folder
structure, don't go through Contribute) and go to C:/Documents and
Settings/your id/Local Settings/Application Data/Macromedia/Contribute 3/ and
delete everything there. Also check _mm and MMWIP at the root of your site to
see if there are .lck files there.

I think that's everything--it's been a while and I forgot to document the
procedure.

[cinecymru]

I also have this same problem using a trial version of Contribute 4 on mac os
10.3.9
I'm surprised there are still no responses to this urgent problem and I'm
discouraged, having ordered a boxed CD!

Is it maybe possible if one uses a full registered version of the software?

Any comments gratefully received.
:frown;:confused;

[semi star gazer]

I just ended up having to reinstall Macromedia Suite... I think it was actually
a Dreamweaver problem ultimately, because I had never even opened Contribute on
this machine! It might have happened because of a program crash and something
got checked in/out improperly. Good luck!

[semi star gazer]

I just ended up having to reinstall Macromedia Suite... I think it was actually
a Dreamweaver problem ultimately, because I had never even opened Contribute on
this machine! It might have happened because of a program crash and something
got checked in/out improperly.

[SDennis]

Dreamweaver will create .LCK files if you have it set to use Check In / Check
Out, so does indeed sound like some kind of checkin/out mess up.

Also handy tip: in Contribute you can often clear a .LCK - if you go to a page
which is "locked" there'll be a message at the top with a link to click to let
you edit the page. Clicking that removes the .LCK on the page.

[Unregistered]

This page shows a simple and very fast way to remove all .LCK files from a Dreamweaver website. This method is for sites running on an Apache server, and must be implemented as a shell command on the server (see remote sessions for more info).

Step 1: Login with a shell prompt, then navigate to your web directly (most likely a folder named public_html or www). For example:

cd /path_to/username/public_html

Step 2: Execute the following command:

find . -name "*.LCK" -exec rm {} \;

Be warned:

* Executing this type of command is very dangerous if you get it wrong! You should only attempt this if you are confident about what you are doing. MediaCollege.com assumes no responsibility if you accidentally delete half your website.
* This is final and not undo-able! However if you change your mind later it's probably not a big deal unless you have a lot of different people collaborating on the site. Simply synchronize your site from within Dreamweaver and new LCK files will be created.