To unlock WinBid files that cause a File Access Error

Backup the winbid folder.

Go into the winbid folder and delete and files with the extension of .log.
i:\winbid\headbid.log
i:\winbid\distbid.log
i:\winbid\specsbid.log
i:\winbid\prodbid.log

Go to i:\winbid\csrt.exe.

Enter the full path to the following files for both input and output.  Once
the message that the file is unlocked appears the go back to the input and
output and change the file name.  In other words, hit enter after entering
the output file name then the message that the file was unlocked appears, if
it does not then go to the next file.  Do not hit enter through all of the
fields, this will rebuild the file and that is not necessary although it
will not hurt anything.


Enter each of the following files in both the input and output path.
i:\winbid\headbid.dat
i:\winbid\distbid.dat
i:\winbid\compbid.dat
i:\winbid\specsbid.dat
i:\winbid\pbcomm.dat
i:\winbid\prodbid.dat

Now try to do a bid, if you get an error on a file not listed then make note
of the file and do the file rebuild on that file.  The files I have listed
are the ones that most commonly have the error.