this may a joomla issue, not specific to this component, but let me ask it anyway:
I'm locked out of the contact form.
I left it open while I was researching how to change the layout
the admin console timed out and I logged in again.
but then it said I was logged in twice, and the forms component was locked because it was checked out by another administrator (even though I only had one back end and one front end open). I was also logged in as a user via the front end at that point, after I closed all windows and restarted the computer (without logging into the front end) I still showed two logins and still couldn't access the forms file.
I found a posting on joomla.org who solved a double login problem by opening it in two different browsers and closing it, which I did.
I now only show one admin login
But I still can't access the contact form
It shows as locked. If I double click it opens the admin sign on screen, but if I use it to log on I'm back in the same place. I in the forms console, can see the file, but can't open it because it's locked- and if I double click again I'm still caught in the same loop.

any ideas?

disregard. I found the global check in which solved the problem