Microsoft Excel and Word Help

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I have certain documents in word and excel saved onto my zip drive. However,
today for some reason they won't open anymore. It is saying, "the xls
document cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only or you may be trying
to access a read-only location. Or the server the document may be stored on
may not be responding". If anyone out there can help me with this (seeing
how I don't know much about my own comlputer) please let me know. thanks.
 
Copy or move those files to your hard drive, do whatever with them, then
move or copy them back to your zip drive.

This is all for CDs, but you'll get the idea.

All files and folders on CDs are Read-only. Copy your file(s) to your hard
drive first, make your changes, then send them back to the CD.

If you have problems with the Read-only attribute on the file(s) that you
copy from the CD to the hard drive, see below.

<quote>
SYMPTOMS
When you try to save a file in that is from one of the programs that are
listed in the "Applies to" section to a CD-RW or a DVD/CD-RW drive, the file
is not saved. Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Incorrect function.

When you click OK in the error message, you receive the following error
message:

You do not have access to the folder 'drive:\'. See your administrator for
access to this folder.

....you must save the file to the hard disk drive, and then use the CD-ROM
recording program to burn the file to a CD-RW or a DVD/CD-RW drive.
<quote>
from...
You receive an "Incorrect function" error message when you try to save a
file from an Office program to a CD-RW or a DVD/CD-RW drive
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905431

<quote>
Other programs such as Microsoft Word do allow you to save to a writable
CD-ROM drive. If you try to save to a non-writable CD-ROM drive from one of
these programs you will get an error such as:

Cannot save <filename>. The folder is marked 'Read Only'.

<quote>
from...
PIP: Cannot Save to Writable CD
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/184460

CD Read-only

Files saved to CD are automatically listed as Read-only. When they are
restored to a hard drive they may remain Read-only.

Locate the files through My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Highlight the file or group of files | Right click the file or group of
files | Properties | Uncheck the Read-only box found in Attributes | Click
Apply | Click OK

See also...
HOW TO: Remove the Read-Only Attribute While You Copy Files from a CD-ROM in
Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323002

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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