can't clear read only from files, msg: access denied
 

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

They are read only because they are on a cd. You cant just change them
and save them back on to the CD.
Copy them to a local folder, edit them there and then write them back
to the CD if its rewritable. Or use one of the fancy Cd rewriting
programs.


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I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson

You don't have the file open in any other application, do you?

(I opened a test file in excel and could still change the attributes, but not
all programs may be so nice.)

If you reboot your pc (just to make sure nothing running hidden has control of
that file), can you change the attributes?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

That previous response was a guess.

Can you change the attributes of any file on your harddrive?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

As a matter of fact I found that I can't change any on the computer...as a
matter of fact I can't even save newly created files, it says to check if the
disk is full? or write protected on everything I am trying to save? ...
crazy don't know whats going on?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

That previous response was a guess.

Can you change the attributes of any file on your harddrive?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

Is this a work pc or is this a home pc?

If it's a work pc, you may want to talk to your IT group to find out if they put
restrictions on what users can do to "their" pcs.

If it's a home pc, it sounds like the user who is logged on doesn't have those
rights--can you log on as an administrator to see if that works?

read only problems wrote:

As a matter of fact I found that I can't change any on the computer...as a
matter of fact I can't even save newly created files, it says to check if the
disk is full? or write protected on everything I am trying to save? ...
crazy don't know whats going on?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

That previous response was a guess.

Can you change the attributes of any file on your harddrive?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

This is a work PC and I am not in the admin. group and I think that this is
most of the
problem, I am signed in as a user only and there seem to be alot of
restictions. I will talk to the IT guy, what ever happened to trust? I
guess in some cases it is nessessary, but in this one I can do my job unless
I have some access. Wish me luck.
Thanks for all your help
Chris

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Is this a work pc or is this a home pc?

If it's a work pc, you may want to talk to your IT group to find out if they put
restrictions on what users can do to "their" pcs.

If it's a home pc, it sounds like the user who is logged on doesn't have those
rights--can you log on as an administrator to see if that works?

read only problems wrote:

As a matter of fact I found that I can't change any on the computer...as a
matter of fact I can't even save newly created files, it says to check if the
disk is full? or write protected on everything I am trying to save? ...
crazy don't know whats going on?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

That previous response was a guess.

Can you change the attributes of any file on your harddrive?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson

Good luck.

If the IT folks can't fix it, maybe they can suggest a workaround--a network
drive that you could use maybe???



read only problems wrote:

This is a work PC and I am not in the admin. group and I think that this is
most of the
problem, I am signed in as a user only and there seem to be alot of
restictions. I will talk to the IT guy, what ever happened to trust? I
guess in some cases it is nessessary, but in this one I can do my job unless
I have some access. Wish me luck.
Thanks for all your help
Chris

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Is this a work pc or is this a home pc?

If it's a work pc, you may want to talk to your IT group to find out if they put
restrictions on what users can do to "their" pcs.

If it's a home pc, it sounds like the user who is logged on doesn't have those
rights--can you log on as an administrator to see if that works?

read only problems wrote:

As a matter of fact I found that I can't change any on the computer...as a
matter of fact I can't even save newly created files, it says to check if the
disk is full? or write protected on everything I am trying to save? ...
crazy don't know whats going on?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

That previous response was a guess.

Can you change the attributes of any file on your harddrive?

read only problems wrote:

Thanks for your help, i was not able to save the files to my documents but i
was able to save them to the C drive but when I try to remove the "read only"
I get a msg: that an error has occured and "access denied" and it will not
change the attributes???
I don't know why

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

After you use windows explorer to copy the files from the CD to the harddrive,
you can select the files (as many as you want), rightclick on them and choose
properties.

You can remove the readonly attribute on the General tab.

read only problems wrote:

I tryed to copy or save thew files in My Doucuments and I get a msg: can not
save the folder is marked read only...............everytime I change the
attributes they go back to read only status,
Help

"read only problems" wrote:

I have files on a CD, when I open them in excel they say "read only". I have
tried to clear the [read only] and a I get a msg: error has occured - access
denied..

Can anyone help? I really need to use these files!!!!
Thanks
Chris

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson


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