Have you tried going into Windows Explorer, selecting one of these files and
unchecking the read-only attribute?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:32:02 -0700, ljwag
wrote:

I try to copy/write excel files from a 3 1/2 floppy to disk and when i open
the file on disk it is "read"only. I want to be able to woke with these
files and save changes. The 3 1/2 floppy files are not "read" only. What am
I doing wrong.

Jerry