LO Files Locked For Editing

Recently I’ve found that all of my LO Writer and Calc Files are locked for editing and I can only open them as read-only.I am using LO on a Windows 10 computer. There is no .~lock.FILENAME.odt# left in the folder. I’m at a loss as to how to find the problem. Does anyone with Windows knowledge have any idea what the problem is? Would uninstalling/reinstalling Libre Office solve the problem?

Will someone PLEASE, PLEASE reply to this post with some kind of possible solution? PLEASE! I’ve searched this forum for a solution and have seen many posts describing the same problem but no one seems to have a final, definitive solution. PLEASE HELP!