What determines if file attachment is read-only?

[Sandee]

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment [MS
Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have not
specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen, and is
there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

 

[Sol]

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment [MS
Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have not
specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen, and is
there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that would
explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any files that are
stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your co-workers to check the
read-only flag on any files they send before doing so. Simply
right-click on the file in question, select "Properties", and go to the
"General" tab, which will tell you if a file is read only or not. You
can uncheck the "read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a file.

Hope that helps.

 

[scrappertoo]

Thanks for your response. They are sending documents they've created or
returning one of mine to me. The documents have not been on CDs or DVDs.
We've never been able to determine what is causing the file to suddenly
become read only.

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment
[MS Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have
not specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen,
and is there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that would
explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any files that are
stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your co-workers to check the
read-only flag on any files they send before doing so. Simply right-click
on the file in question, select "Properties", and go to the "General" tab,
which will tell you if a file is read only or not. You can uncheck the
"read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a file.

Hope that helps.

 

[Bob I]

The question is WHERE is it read-only. Is it read only because it's
actually a link to a file in a read-only location? Can you do Save As
and edit it. Too many ambiguities here, but once you can consistently
replicate the issue, you can discover the cause.

Thanks for your response. They are sending documents they've created or
returning one of mine to me. The documents have not been on CDs or DVDs.
We've never been able to determine what is causing the file to suddenly
become read only.

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment
[MS Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have
not specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen,
and is there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that would
explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any files that are
stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your co-workers to check the
read-only flag on any files they send before doing so. Simply right-click
on the file in question, select "Properties", and go to the "General" tab,
which will tell you if a file is read only or not. You can uncheck the
"read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a file.

Hope that helps.

 

[scrappertoo]

The file comes to me as a read-only e-mail attachment. It's the file
itself, not a link, which previously was not a read-only file. Yes, I can
save it and edit it.

I send a file (Excel or Word) to a co-worker; the co-worker edits it and
send it back to me. Somehow it becomes read-only. She has not knowingly
done anything to the file other than edit it and return it.

The question is WHERE is it read-only. Is it read only because it's
actually a link to a file in a read-only location? Can you do Save As and
edit it. Too many ambiguities here, but once you can consistently
replicate the issue, you can discover the cause.

Thanks for your response. They are sending documents they've created or
returning one of mine to me. The documents have not been on CDs or DVDs.
We've never been able to determine what is causing the file to suddenly
become read only.

Scrappertoo wrote:

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment
[MS Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have
not specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen,
and is there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that would
explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any files that are
stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your co-workers to check the
read-only flag on any files they send before doing so. Simply
right-click on the file in question, select "Properties", and go to the
"General" tab, which will tell you if a file is read only or not. You
can uncheck the "read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a
file.

Hope that helps.

 

[Twayne]

The file comes to me as a read-only e-mail attachment. It's the file

itself, not a link, which previously was not a read-only file. Yes,
I can save it and edit it.

I send a file (Excel or Word) to a co-worker; the co-worker edits it
and send it back to me. Somehow it becomes read-only. She has not
knowingly done anything to the file other than edit it and return it.

If anyone sent it to a CD, DVD or other type external drive that may be
where the read-only attribute is coming from. No big deal; just remove
it in properties.

The question is WHERE is it read-only. Is it read only because it's
actually a link to a file in a read-only location? Can you do Save
As and edit it. Too many ambiguities here, but once you can
consistently replicate the issue, you can discover the cause.

Thanks for your response. They are sending documents they've
created or returning one of mine to me. The documents have not
been on CDs or DVDs. We've never been able to determine what is
causing the file to suddenly become read only.


Scrappertoo wrote:

Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an
attachment [MS Office Suite document] that is designated as
read-only. They have not specified that this attachment be read
only. Why does this happen, and is there a setting we need to
change? It's sporadic. Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that
would explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any
files that are stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your
co-workers to check the read-only flag on any files they send
before doing so. Simply right-click on the file in question,
select "Properties", and go to the "General" tab, which will tell
you if a file is read only or not. You can uncheck the
"read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a file.

Hope that helps.

 

[Bob I]

If this is a document that is not getting saved anywhere but being
"edited" as an attachment only, I suspect the temporary folders and the
e-mail system is causing the issue. I tell my users to ALWAYS Save As
before editing an attached document as there are a number of "gotchas"
that can occur with the files when the user is working with files that
only exist in temporary folders.

The file comes to me as a read-only e-mail attachment. It's the file
itself, not a link, which previously was not a read-only file. Yes, I can
save it and edit it.

I send a file (Excel or Word) to a co-worker; the co-worker edits it and
send it back to me. Somehow it becomes read-only. She has not knowingly
done anything to the file other than edit it and return it.

The question is WHERE is it read-only. Is it read only because it's
actually a link to a file in a read-only location? Can you do Save As and
edit it. Too many ambiguities here, but once you can consistently
replicate the issue, you can discover the cause.

scrappertoo wrote:

Thanks for your response. They are sending documents they've created or
returning one of mine to me. The documents have not been on CDs or DVDs.
We've never been able to determine what is causing the file to suddenly
become read only.



Scrappertoo wrote:


Sometimes my co-workers send me Outlook 2003 e-mails with an attachment
[MS Office Suite document] that is designated as read-only. They have
not specified that this attachment be read only. Why does this happen,
and is there a setting we need to change? It's sporadic.

Thanks.

If the attachments come from CD-Rs or other read-only media, that would
explain it. By default, the read-only flag is set on any files that are
stored on CD-Rs, writable DVDs, etc. Tell your co-workers to check the
read-only flag on any files they send before doing so. Simply
right-click on the file in question, select "Properties", and go to the
"General" tab, which will tell you if a file is read only or not. You
can uncheck the "read-only" box if you'd like to be able to write to a
file.

Hope that helps.