diff --git a/sdk/jme3-blender/src/com/jme3/gde/blender/filetypes/AbstractBlenderImportDataObject.java b/sdk/jme3-blender/src/com/jme3/gde/blender/filetypes/AbstractBlenderImportDataObject.java
index b476d9784..307293653 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-blender/src/com/jme3/gde/blender/filetypes/AbstractBlenderImportDataObject.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-blender/src/com/jme3/gde/blender/filetypes/AbstractBlenderImportDataObject.java
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBlenderImportDataObject extends SpatialAssetDataOb
         String assetKeyName = mgr.getRelativeAssetPath(outFile.getPath());
         BlenderKey key = new BlenderKey(assetKeyName);
         Beans.copyProperties(key, getAssetKey());
-        FileLock lock = null;
         try {
-            lock = getPrimaryFile().lock();
             listListener.start();
             Spatial spatial = mgr.loadModel(key);
             replaceFiles();
@@ -85,12 +83,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractBlenderImportDataObject extends SpatialAssetDataOb
             savable = spatial;
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Loaded asset {0}", getName());
             return spatial;
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
         } finally {
-            if (lock != null) {
-                lock.releaseLock();
-            }
             try {
                 outFile.delete();
             } catch (IOException ex) {
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/AssetDataObject.java b/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/AssetDataObject.java
index c00089ff5..cdffcc7b0 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/AssetDataObject.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/AssetDataObject.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public class AssetDataObject extends MultiDataObject {
         ProgressHandle progressHandle = ProgressHandleFactory.createHandle("Saving File..");
         progressHandle.start();
         BinaryExporter exp = BinaryExporter.getInstance();
-        FileLock lock = null;
+//        FileLock lock = null;
         OutputStream out = null;
         try {
             if (saveExtension == null) {
@@ -235,16 +235,16 @@ public class AssetDataObject extends MultiDataObject {
             }
             exp.save(savable, out);
         } finally {
-            if (lock != null) {
-                lock.releaseLock();
-            }
+//            if (lock != null) {
+//                lock.releaseLock();
+//            }
             if (out != null) {
                 out.close();
             }
         }
         progressHandle.finish();
         setModified(false);
-        logger.log(LogLevel.USERINFO, "File {0} saved successfully", getPrimaryFile().getNameExt());
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, "File {0} saved successfully", getPrimaryFile().getNameExt());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/SpatialAssetDataObject.java b/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/SpatialAssetDataObject.java
index 4a66878a2..3942c9960 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/SpatialAssetDataObject.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-core/src/com/jme3/gde/core/assets/SpatialAssetDataObject.java
@@ -89,25 +89,18 @@ public class SpatialAssetDataObject extends AssetDataObject {
         }
         //make sure its actually closed and all data gets reloaded
         closeAsset();
-        FileLock lock = null;
         try {
-            lock = getPrimaryFile().lock();
             listListener.start();
             Spatial spatial = mgr.loadModel(getAssetKey());
             listListener.stop();
             if (!(this instanceof BinaryModelDataObject)) {
                 SpatialUtil.storeOriginalPathUserData(spatial);
             }
-            lock.releaseLock();
             savable = spatial;
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Loaded asset {0}", getName());
             return spatial;
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
-        } finally {
-            if (lock != null) {
-                lock.releaseLock();
-            }
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java b/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
index 0723003d3..d92c98687 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
@@ -42,47 +42,36 @@ public class OgreBinaryMeshDataObject extends SpatialAssetDataObject {
         }
         //make sure its actually closed and all data gets reloaded
         closeAsset();
-        ProgressHandle handle = ProgressHandleFactory.createHandle("Converting OgreBinary");
-        handle.start();
         //mesh
         OgreXMLConvertOptions options = new OgreXMLConvertOptions(getPrimaryFile().getPath());
         options.setBinaryFile(true);
         OgreXMLConvert conv = new OgreXMLConvert();
-        conv.doConvert(options, handle);
+        conv.doConvert(options, null);
         //try skeleton
         if (getPrimaryFile().existsExt("skeleton")) {
             OgreXMLConvertOptions options2 = new OgreXMLConvertOptions(getPrimaryFile().getParent().getFileObject(getPrimaryFile().getName(), "skeleton").getPath());
             options2.setBinaryFile(true);
             OgreXMLConvert conv2 = new OgreXMLConvert();
-            conv2.doConvert(options2, handle);
+            conv2.doConvert(options2, null);
         }
-        handle.progress("Convert Model");
         String assetKey = mgr.getRelativeAssetPath(options.getDestFile());
-        FileLock lock = null;
         try {
-            lock = getPrimaryFile().lock();
             listListener.start();
             Spatial spatial = mgr.loadModel(assetKey);
             //replace transient xml files in list of assets for this model
             replaceXmlFiles(mgr);
             listListener.stop();
             SpatialUtil.storeOriginalPathUserData(spatial);
-            lock.releaseLock();
             File deleteFile = new File(options.getDestFile());
             deleteFile.delete();
-            handle.finish();
             savable = spatial;
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "Loaded asset {0}", getName());
             return spatial;
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
             Exceptions.printStackTrace(ex);
-            if (lock != null) {
-                lock.releaseLock();
-            }
         }
         File deleteFile = new File(options.getDestFile());
         deleteFile.delete();
-        handle.finish();
         return null;
     }