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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 |
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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. -- jacob.metcalfe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jacob.metcalfe's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=27105 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=466256 |
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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 |
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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 -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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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 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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