Can't remove Read Only

[ellarjee]

Since I installed Windows7 all my Word and Excel documents are Read-only.
The only way I can save any changes to a document is to rename it. The
documents are Read-only despite the fact that Read-only is not checked in the
Properties of the individual files or of Word 2007 or Excel 2007.
How do I remove this Read-only restriction when there is nothing I can do in
the Properties windows?

 

[macropod]

Hi ellarjee,

If you've transferred the files via CD/DVD or you're working with files on a CD/DVD, that would explain the read-only setting. To
change it, you need to copy the files to the HDD and use Windows Explorer to remove the read-only file attribute.