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Ed Hansberry
Bronze Contributor
Jan 11, 2017

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...
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Dale Christian
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Thank you Ed for the meticulous documentation of this issue.  We see the same behavior:  not every open of a file, but a lot of them, result in unexpected read-only.  It seems to happen most frequently when opening through the MRU menu.  Using the latest NGSC and Office suite.  Would love to hear from Microsoft on this.

Ed Hansberry's avatar
Ed Hansberry
Bronze Contributor
Feb 13, 2017

I would love to hear from MS too, but no clue how to get them engaged. :-(

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      Ed Hansberry
      Bronze Contributor
      Feb 26, 2017

      Please note that the new version of OneDrive DOES NOT FIX THIS.

      Version 2016 (Build 17.3.6798.0207) on Windows 10.

       

      Just ran into this again today:

      • Opened file in Teams telling it to open in Excel
      • File opened in Excel.
      • Does not say READ ONLY in header, and the yellow "edit" bar did not show up.
      • Tried to save changes to file and was told it was read only and to save a copy.
      • Closed file without saving and reopened.
      • This time the yellow "EDIT" bar showed up.

      Come on MS. How much time and/or data is lost due to this?

      • Rob Farnell's avatar
        Rob Farnell
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 26, 2017

        The only way I have got round this is to un-sync the site and revert to navigating the SharePoint site and opening into Excel that way.  Still breaks my preferred workflow, but it may help you for now.  

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