Since I installed Windows7 all my Word and Excel documents are Read-only.
The only way I can save any changes to a document is to rename it. The
documents are Read-only despite the fact that Read-only is not checked in the
Properties of the individual files or of Word 2007 or Excel 2007.
How do I remove this Read-only restriction when there is nothing I can do in
the Properties windows?

 

Hi ellarjee,

If you've transferred the files via CD/DVD or you're working with files on a CD/DVD, that would explain the read-only setting. To
change it, you need to copy the files to the HDD and use Windows Explorer to remove the read-only file attribute.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"ellarjee" <ellarjee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7227FF6E-C00A-4FC7-89DB-3EA99D5F4062@microsoft.com...
> Since I installed Windows7 all my Word and Excel documents are Read-only.
> The only way I can save any changes to a document is to rename it. The
> documents are Read-only despite the fact that Read-only is not checked in the
> Properties of the individual files or of Word 2007 or Excel 2007.
> How do I remove this Read-only restriction when there is nothing I can do in
> the Properties windows?