Unlocking Read-Only Documents

[aloha gal]

After recent cpu repairs (plus adding more memory), the software was reloaded (in Windows 98). Now having problems w/my Office Word 2000 documents all opening in "read-only". They were not designated that way, nor are they shared & I'm not on a network
I have tried
1. Going to Outline, Expand, but the "unlock" icon is gray on the task bar
2. Renaming the doc but when opening it a 2nd time, it is in "read-only" again.
What can I do to correct the root cause of this problem so that my Word docs are not "read-only" without being assigned that way, which has been an enormous hassle
Thanks for any help you can provide

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

HI Aloha gal,

See the article "I keep getting files that I am working on locked for
editing. Word only allows me to open them read-only" at:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

After recent cpu repairs (plus adding more memory), the software was

reloaded (in Windows 98). Now having problems w/my Office Word 2000
documents all opening in "read-only". They were not designated that way,
nor are they shared & I'm not on a network.

I have tried:
1. Going to Outline, Expand, but the "unlock" icon is gray on the task bar.
2. Renaming the doc but when opening it a 2nd time, it is in "read-only" again.
What can I do to correct the root cause of this problem so that my Word

docs are not "read-only" without being assigned that way, which has been an
enormous hassle.