removing attributes...MAD as HELL

[Alan]

I cna not for the life of me remove the "READ ONLY"
attribute for a Excel worksheet. I had made the sheet and
put important info on it and saved it to a CDRW and I
want to add some more info to it and now Excel tells me I
can't because it "read only"!! I'm so mad right now I'm
about to pull what little hair I got left out!!

All I want to do is put the info on the cdrw WITHOUT ANY
attributes.

HELP me please!!

I have tried all kinds of settings to no avail.

Thanks
ALan

 

[Vasant Nanavati]

AFAIK, when you write files to a CD, they automatically get the read-only
attribute. I think you can remove it through Windows Explorer by using File
| Properties and clearing the Read-only checkbox.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Alan,

Save the updated workbook to the hard drive, then copy it to the CD. CD
files always have the read-only attribute set, even when copied to the hard
disk. Go figure.

As a rule, it's not a good idea to save directly to removable media.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Alan

Don't be angry with Excel.

When you write to CD the attribute is set to Read Only by Windows OS.

Browse through Andy McFadden's FAQ on CDRW to get a clearer picture.

http://www.cdrfaq.org/

Gord Dibben XL2002