Contribute 3.11 editing problem:"macromedia contribute is editing it"

Started when I sent drafts för review. Tried to delete them, tried to delete .lck but it says access denied. What to do?

Found an error in Application under Event Viewer at the
proper
time-date.
The only apparent information is Event 1000, whatever that
is.
Tried Google could not find anything helpful.
Tried Microsoft.com and found something about reading a
template.(?)
Security - System - Internet Explorer - no entry for the
proper time.
Stumped & confused.
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:03:08 -0500, Kevin Blount
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not exactly an IT tech myself <g> but one thing
you might want to
>check is the XP event viewer (Control Panel >
Adminstrative Tools >
>Event Viewer). This might give a clue why Contribute is
crashing.
>
>I think you need to look at the "Applciation" events, and
then look for
>any rows with the red circle/white X icon, that occured
around the time
>Contribute crashed for you.
>
>I can't say that it will give you anything useful, but
it's certainly
>worth a look and without a Windows error msg, this the
best place to
>start looking for the cause.
>
>If you do spot anything, I'd post it here and see if
anyone knows the
>meaning of the error. You might also try contacting Adobe
support and
>posting that msg in Microsoft XP newsgroups/google groups
>
>HTH
>
>Kevin

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