How do I set up permission to open an old contact file

[CarolP]

I just set up Outlook and don't have permissions to make changes. When I try
to change my permissions, I don't have access to that option.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

What kind of old contact file? What version of Outlook are you using now
and what version of Outlook did you use to create this file?

Hal
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[CarolP]

I believe the old was 2000. I am setting up 2003 Professional with Contact
Mgr. I am logged on as an administrator so I thought that would do it but
the "sharing" options are all grayed out and when I try to open the old files
I get a message saying I don't have permission to open the file.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I believe the old was 2000. I am setting up 2003 Professional with
Contact Mgr. I am logged on as an administrator so I thought that
would do it but the "sharing" options are all grayed out and when I
try to open the old files I get a message saying I don't have
permission to open the file.

That means the old file is marked read-only. If it's on a CD, copy it to
your hard drive and remove the read-only attribute. If it's already on the
hard drive, remove the read-only attribute.