Weird. I relocated all shrapnel files outside of "program files" and it solved the lock errors but I'm still having a bit of a weird problem.
-The shp file I changed was edited using the palette for spww2.
-The original shp name was changed to OLDIcon0095.shp.
-The new shp is named Icon0095.
-When I was done editing I restarted the computer (Just because).
-I launched the program annnnnnd...no changes
What is weird is the program is using the old icon file when the old icon file isn't even there.