One place where I've seen that, is when retrieving a file from a CD.

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

"srcmeador" wrote:

Occasionally, when I open an existing file in Excel, it will be "read-only".
I have never "asked" Excel to do this. I looked on the online help about
going into Windows Explorer to remove it. I have never set it up to do this,
it just seems to happen randomly. What am I doing to make this happen?