Whenever I open Microsoft Word files from my flash drive, the error message "File permissions for document or drive" always appears. I can’t edit the files, only view them. What to do to remove this?
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Whenever I open Microsoft Word files from my flash drive, the error message "File permissions for document or drive" always appears. I can’t edit the files, only view them. What to do to remove this?
Here’s what you can do. Try right-clicking on the files on the USB and then click "properties”. On the lower portion of that there’s a group of checkboxes there that say’s “Attributes”. See to it that the “read-only” check box is not active or checked. You can also do this by clicking the “start button” then type “CMD” and then press enter. Now that you’re in “command prompt”, type in which drive your “USB” is mine is at “F:” so I’ll type “F:” then press enter. After that, type in “dir” and then press enter. This will tell you what files you have inside the USB. So what you’ll want to do is to change the attribute of each file. So what you’ll do is type “attrib” space, type in the file name, say for example “john.doc” space, type in “-r” and then hit enter. This will disable the “read-only” attribute of the file that you have. Hope this helps.