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How to delete file that was auto formated to read only after?



 
 
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Old November 30th, 2005, 08:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
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Default How to delete file that was auto formated to read only after?

I was writing an article when the computer crashed. Word the saved the file
as read only. I need to continue the article but, I cannot make changes to
it, save it or delete it. The ideal would be to delete the file, so that I do
not have two files with the same name and save space.
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Old November 30th, 2005, 10:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
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=?Utf-8?B?c2NvcGlv?= wrote in
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I was writing an article when the computer crashed. Word the saved the
file as read only. I need to continue the article but, I cannot make
changes to it, save it or delete it. The ideal would be to delete the
file, so that I do not have two files with the same name and save
space.


Right-click on the file, select 'Properties', uncheck the 'ReadOnly'
attribute. Does this fix your problem? If not, post back and tell
exactly which OS (Operating System) you are using, and the specific
error message that you are getting.

Lynn Killingbeck
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Old December 1st, 2005, 06:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
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Default How to delete file that was auto formated to read only after?

You will need to release the lock file - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm - before you can
proceed.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


scopio wrote:
I was writing an article when the computer crashed. Word the saved
the file as read only. I need to continue the article but, I cannot
make changes to it, save it or delete it. The ideal would be to
delete the file, so that I do not have two files with the same name
and save space.



 




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