# Flash .fla file locking

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fla-file-locking/205827
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 2, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fla-file-locking/205827 "2006-11-02T11:19:26Z")
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### Author: ![kevinc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kevinc/32/1079_2.png) [@kevinc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kevinc)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-fla-file-locking/205827/1 "2006-11-02T11:19:26Z")

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Hi there,

Does anyone know how Flash handles file locking on Windows XP. I know in the past, two users couldn’t open the same file, but that doesn’t seem to be the case now as far as I can tell.

Does anyone here work on FLAs with multiple users? How can you minimize the trouble causes.

Thanks