Solved ms word 2000 opens read only in win 7

[dblake2]

I have xp, win7 & win10 on computer.
Just discovered all word docs open in readonly mode. fiddling with attributes & permissions on the file or folder does not seem to help.
docs open normally in xp & win10.

 

[jim4]

Right click on file, open properties. And then even if read only is not checked, check it, click apply. Then deselect it and click ok.

 

[dblake2]

no, that didn't do anything.
wierd problem as excel files open normally & the dir or attrib command & explorer don't show read only attribute for docs yet all docs open read only with ms word.

 

[jim4]

You can try this:
1. Open the folder you have the file, click Shift and right click and select Open command window here.

2. Type the following command "takeown /F word.doc".

4. Right click on the file and then click properties

5. Navigate to Security tab, then Edit... button and Allow everything for all users.

 

[dblake2]

It was the bloody avg antivirus!
when I disabled it word worked normally so I added an exception.
I 1st tried booting in safe mode & it also worked that way.
thanks for the response anyway.