Need to unstuff but filename.sitx "in use and cannot be opened"

While doing some semi-regular disk cleanup, I used Stuffit Dropstuff (v 8.0.2) to compress a folder to an OS X SIT file. Compressed size was 132MB. The operation seemed to complete with no issues but a few weeks later when I went to open it up, I got the following error message:
"The item "Docfolder.stix" is in use right now and cannot be opened.
Try again when the current task (such as moving or copying an item or emptying the trash) is complete."
Of course, it is not in use. It has just been sitting on the drive for a few weeks. Now, I am aware of the terminal workaround to delete a file that is in limbo, but I don't want to delete it as I still need the file. I built the archive on my 2004 iBook under OSX 10.4.3. and am now running 10.4.5. I've repaired permissions and have tried using Stuffit Expander 10 but still no luck. And yes, unfortunately I already deleted the source folder.
iBook 14 G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5) Stuffit

Believe it or not, I tried this for about the 15th time and it worked. This was after trying almost everything else that has been suggested with the exception of buying third party recovery software. This was after I had repaired permissions for the 5th or 6th time and moved the archive to the home folders of other accounts on the computer and back again. Stuffit 10 was what I dropped it on to get the archive to open. There were two problems. First, the estimated time to completion was honest to god, over 20,000,000 hours. I have a screen shot to prove it. And it hung up on the very last file, but that file seemed to be ok. Very strange. Oh, and I deleted the preference files (com.stuffit.DropStuff.plist, com.stuffit.Engine.plist and com.stuffit.Expander.plist).
From now on, I'll be using the built-in archive function, though it doesn't seem to have as high a compression ratio on some things.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Wilkey

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