Overwrite in Excel

I'm trying to edit I found online for batch converting Excel files to CSV files, and I want to overwrite files of the same name in the folder where I am dumping the converted CSV files. How do I get Excel to overwrite a file I am saving as a CSV? Here's the script I have so far:
set theFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose the folder that contains your Excel files" default location path to desktop
set theSaver to choose folder with prompt "Choose the folder that will contain your CSV files" default location path to desktop
tell application "Finder" to set theFiles to (files of entire contents of theFolder)
set fileCount to count theFiles
repeat with i from 1 to fileCount
set fName to text 1 thru -5 of ((name of item i of theFiles) as text)
if ((name of item i of theFiles) as text) ends with ".xls" then
set tName to (theSaver as text) & fName & ".csv"
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
activate
set overwrite to true
open (item i of theFiles) as text
save fName in tName as CSV file format
close active workbook without saving
end tell
end if
end repeat

Hi, I thought there was the availability of overwrite in Excel. This is from the AppleScript dictionary for Excel.
save as v : Saves changes into a different file.
save as sheet
filename text : A string that indicates the name of the file to be saved. You can include a full path. If you don't, Microsoft Excel saves the file in the current folder.
[overwrite boolean] : Set to true to automatically overwrite an existing file.

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Does the issue occur in other operation system? Which Office version are you using? Have you ever tried to test with word document, PPT file or txt file?
Based on your description, the issue may be caused by the same file open multiple time in computer management on SQL server. The user probably has User Access Control (UAC) enabled on the machine and it is not letting him overwrite the existing
copy of the file because she does not have it open in administrator mode. UAC will block overwriting (saving) the existing file without Administrative privileges and it will automatically open the save as dialog so you can save with a different name and
if you click save without changing the name at the point, it tries to save as a new file over the existing file and it can't because the file is open.
I recommend you check the user's permission (Which showed in Computer Management console) and end the Excel file instance in the task manager of the user's client.
Also, we may try the workaround: Save it to local drive(like drive c:) and then copy it to DFS.
Thanks
George Zhao
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