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Dec 29, 2020 at 4:30 comment added Michael Stimson ArcCatalog too, if you've looked at a shapefile or geodatabase and moved on the lock remains until the ArcCatalog session is ended. Even a share lock (read only) can cause an exclusive schema lock failure. When it comes to python a cursor (arcpy.SearchCursor or arcpy.da.SearchCursor and insert or update cursors) that hasn't been dismissed properly can also cause a schema lock. This grab and hold locking is worse in version 10.X than 9.X, not that I recommend using ArcGIS 9.3, it's just a general observation that locking is more persistent than it was.
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