"Activity is currently locked by another user" error

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Submitted by Johnny Pain on Wed, 2005-10-12 09:21
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the network users haven’t phoned me in a while, so I guess the problem is solved now (even if it crashes once or twice a day, I call this a success).



thank you all for the answers.

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Submitted by Andy McLean-Reid on Wed, 2005-10-12 08:50
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Oooh, oooh, I just got that same error message when trying to delete a single activity, just after reading this thread - spooky.



No other problems though, I simply closed down P3 and opened it up again and all was well.



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Submitted by Shahzad Munawar on Mon, 2005-10-03 15:00
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Yes, every try is good thing so try till success

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Submitted by Johnny Pain on Mon, 2005-10-03 04:35
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okay thanks, I’ll try this too !

every try is a good thing...

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Submitted by MK TSE on Fri, 2005-09-30 12:26
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An alternative, install Pervasive SQL. Primavera recommend use Pervasive if more than 10 users working on same project.

My experience is even less than 10 user, project is easy to crash without Pervasive.

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Submitted by Johnny Pain on Tue, 2005-09-27 11:30
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it seems to work quite well, but the users told me that every operation slowed down a bit.

I’ll see later if it needs more investigation.



thank you for the help !

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Submitted by Johnny Pain on Mon, 2005-09-26 03:03
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hi



thank you for the tips!

I’ve applied them on friday afternoon, and I now have to wait for the users to tell me if this worked.

I encountered an error message while repairing the project under PFXW, but that’s because I previously deleted the XXXXAC2.P3 file.

and just one or two things :

when you told me "use exclusive", did this mean I had to open the project at this time ? because the exclusive option didn’t appear to me except on opening...

and I don’t know what "run batch on the project" means... : ) PRMBATCH.EXE is not involved, right ?



anyway, thanks again, and I’ll let you know.

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Submitted by Frank Borcherdt on Fri, 2005-09-23 05:08
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Check the p3.ini file (Start, Run type p3.ini and enter) and make sure your USERLOC folders are NOT shared. Should be local on c drive not on network.



Also run w32mkset.exe and check that File Settings, Remote File sharing is set to Multi-engine and NOT single engine.



Do this on every workstation using P3.



Could also try the Primavera Knowledgebase solution below:-



Solution ID: 200067113828



"Activity currently locked by another user"





Version(s): 2.0b, 3.0







Problem: "Activity currently locked by another user" message when trying to edit activities in a project after a system crash.







Fix: Try the following:





Delete the XXXXAC2.P3 file from the project directory.

Back-up the project, check the option to remove the access list, and restore it to another directory.

Use ’Exclusive Mode’.

Run PFXW on the project.

Run Batch on the project.





Let us knw how you go.



frank_borcherdt@claireheath.com.au