Locked Appleworks File Notice on Desktop

Hello. I have recently noticed an error report on my desktop (actually two of them, both identical) that say ' This file is locked or in use, Would you like to open a copy of it?'. Below that is CANCEL and OPEN A COPY. I first tried clicking on CANCEL with no success and then tried OPEN A COPY, also with no success.
Can someone advise me how to get rid of these two reports? Thank you.
I have just found out that the notice in question came, after an Appleworks file in a Mail message from a friend was attempted to be opened and we were unable to do so, that is when the notice in question came about. The file was an Appleworks file and the message is still in my Mail program. Hope this helps to steer me into a fix.

Usually it is not successful opening AppleWorks files from within Mail, although I have done it inadvertently on a few occasions. It's a good idea to save the file to your hard drive first, just as it is good to save an AppleWorks file locally before transferring them to a flash drive or network drive. It's probably all related to AppleWorks' roots as a single-user application.
That being said, I think it's possible that trying to open the message from Mail may have "confused" AppleWorks. So I would start by deleting the AppleWorks preferences & using Disk Utility to repair permissions.

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