Files [READ ONLY] but no indication they are, so cannot save changes

I have the latest (ends in .1212) client and am still seeing an issue that has been there since the initial release back in Sept/Oct. I can open a file in Excel, either from the MRU list in Excel...

office 365

OneDrive for Business

Ed Hansberry

Bronze Contributor

Jan 30, 2018

Just curious - what version of OneDrive and Office are you running? I've not seen this problem here for at least 6-7 months, so it seems fixed for me.

Copper Contributor

Feb 01, 2018

Just saw this issue this morning with a customer using:

Win 10 (10.0.16299.192)

OneDrive Client (17.3.7294.0108)

Office 2016 (1708 8431.2153)

This customer is going through a file share migration to SharePoint Online and Win 7 update to Win 10. A lot of variables in play, but the behavior is consistent regarding the Excel files opening in read-only. Opens normally if the “Use Office 2016 to sync…” is unchecked.

I saw this in the following recent post, so I assumed it’s still being looked at:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/why-did-my-file-open-read-only-3ab4b792-da50-4b38-8628-14c64e1f1d15

Forum Discussion

Files [READ ONLY] but no indication they are, so cannot save changes

Resources