Write protection usually refers to protectection of the workbook (readonly).

Do you have the worksheet protected?
Do you have more than one worksheet selected -- Look for [Group] in the title
bar?

rich wrote:

I have a workbook where my control toolbox will open but
all of the options are greyed out. How do I reenable
their functionality? Further, what did I do to disable
them. This only happens in this workbook. There is no
write protection. This all started when I noticed a
command button was missing and I wanted to redefine it but
was unable to

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Dave Peterson