XL7: Conflict History Information Lost in Exclusive Workbook

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• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you stop sharing a workbook by clearing the Allow Multi-User Editing check box in the Shared Lists dialog box, the Conflict History worksheet is removed from the workbook. Additionally, if you later share the workbook again and add the Conflict History worksheet again, the information previously displayed on the Conflict History worksheet no longer appears.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design. When you stop sharing a workbook, a dialog box with the following warning appears:

   Warning! This action will prevent other users from saving their work
   to this file! They will have to save to a different file, even if you
   later make this file shared again. Proceed?

If you later reshare the workbook, the conflict history from the first time you shared the workbook is no longer available. The conflict history information for each workbook is only stored while the file is shared.