User receives Access db as 'Read-Only'?

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Hello,

There is a user I occaisionally send zipped-up Access databases to via
email. We both use Outlook and the databases I send are NOT read-only on my
end. Yet, sometimes when she un-zips, opens, and tries to use them, they
give the message they are 'Read-Only'? What on her end might cause this to
happen to prevent this from happening going forward?

Thanks.
 
Pat Dools said:
Hello,

There is a user I occaisionally send zipped-up Access databases to via
email. We both use Outlook and the databases I send are NOT
read-only on my end. Yet, sometimes when she un-zips, opens, and
tries to use them, they give the message they are 'Read-Only'? What
on her end might cause this to happen to prevent this from happening
going forward?
Click to expand...

Is she really extracting them from the zip file, or is she using a "zip
folder" utility to open the file *in the zip archive* without really
extracting it? It may be that she has to fully extract the file to make
it be updatable.

If that isn't it, then maybe something in the process is setting the
file's read-only attribute. If that's so, have her right-click the
file, open its property sheet, and clear the Read Only check box.
 
There are security settings that prevent a user
from using a file downloaded from the internet.

To avoid this, the user should copy/move/extract
the zip file from the message, then copy/move
extract the mdb from the zip.

Do not attempt to run the mdb from the zip: do
not attempt to open the zip from the message.

Move the zip to the desktop, then move the mdb
to the desktop, then open the mdb.

If there is still a problem, right click on the
mdb to get the file properties, then unblock
the file.

If the user does not see a way to unblock the
file, get an administrator to log in and right
click on the file.

(david)
 
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