Your server is unbootable? Scary thought
: Rebooting the server was not an option. I copied the file to my local
: machine and followed the instructions. No luck.
: I was able to bring in some of the data in the file by using the Open and
: Repair option. Unfortunately, only about 1/2 of the records were there.
: When I was working with the file before the problem, there were some files
: being created with 8 character file names and no extension, if I recall
: correctly. The file may have been getting split off and the other records
: were possibly contained therein.
: We will just rebuild the file since our last copy. thanks for the idea.
:
: "Dave Peterson" wrote:
:
: > Debra Dalgleish has a FAQ at:
: >
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly
: >
: >
: > That says to try this with files stored locally:
: >
: > Q. All of a sudden a number of my Excel 2000 files have become "read-only".
: > A. Clear out c:\windows\temp directory on the machine that houses the
files,
: > then reboot.
: >
: >
: > Since the workbook is on a network share, you may have to reboot the server.
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > Steve M. wrote:
: > >
: > > Using Office Excel 2003, I get the error message "filename.xls cannot be
: > > accessed. The file may be read-only..." that is in the article 835234,
but I
: > > get it when I am trying to OPEN the file from a network location. I've
tried
: > > changing the properties on the network file. Any help on how to get the
: > > network copy open?
: >
: > --
: >
: > Dave Peterson
: > (e-mail address removed)
: >
