right.... Right click on icon and check attributes archive is ticked,nothing else.
Checked excel etc isnt running in task manager and also rebooted
Cleared temp files to recycle bin

Then rebooted and..........................

Stock,xls cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may be trying to access a read-only location, Or,the sever the document is stored on may not be responding



Did a full stock take at year end too lol, is it a start all over again case then or can anyone still help open this fooking file!!

Cheers for all the help thus far