Windows 2007 and Vista - Read Only Problem

[e_canton]

Really, I like Vista and I like Word 2007. It's just that I have some
work to get done, don't like multiple files with a variety of names
because I can't save them ...

In Word, I have some files that will not save because the program says
they are read-only. When I check the property parameters for the file
through Windows Explorer, the read-only box is unchecked. Load up the
file again and it is read only (says so after the displayed file name
and when I try to save it).

I don't put this in the same category as another problem I constantly
run into (gosh, we'd let you move, delete, or rename that file but
someone else is using it ... but of course, you're the only person who
touches your machine, you're not on a network, and no programs are
open but ...) but it is aggravating.

If anyone has any idea about fixing the read only problem (or how to
move those problem files), please let me know. It would be highly
appreciated.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Are those files on a CD?

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[e_canton]

No but the files have gone back and forth via Hotmail with
modifications by myself and another Word user. I believe the other
user is using Word 2003 (not Word 2007 for certain).

 

[CyberTaz]

Sounds like you may be trying to edit the attachment, itself... Something
you really never could do, but XP let you _think_ your changes were being
saved. I believe Vista addresses that deception by letting you know that the
file is Read Only - but doesn't go on to tell you why, which is that the
"attachment" is stored on a mail server for which you don't have write
permissions. Save the attachment to your hard drive, open that copy for
revision & you should be good to go. Keep in mind that the files don't go
"back and forth" via email, they get *copied* from one place to another

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[e_canton]

I might be misunderstanding what you are saying but these Word files
are saved attachments and are being retrieved using Windows Explorer
off of a laptop that is often not attached to a network.