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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...

OneDrive for Business

Bronze Contributor

We constantly get this issue here. SUPER frustrating. The good news is the Fast Ring Excel version largely eliminates this. The bad news is, it is test only and has other bugs, so we don't dare roll it out wide.

IT aanspreekpunt

Copper Contributor

May 18, 2017

To fix this:

you must go to the onedrive settings > office tab

uncheck the collaboration option. The read only/save problems dissapear.

Ed Hansberry
Bronze Contributor
May 18, 2017
IT aanspreekpunt wrote:
To fix this:

you must go to the onedrive settings > office tab
uncheck the collaboration option. The read only/save problems dissapear.

Hmmm. thanks. That also disables the ability to share files from inside the Office app. Not ideal in the least.
- IT aanspreekpunt
  Copper Contributor
  May 19, 2017
  No but atleast the users are not losing a day of progress after pressing save and nothing gets saved!
  - Radu Pupaza
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 30, 2017
    so, did Microsoft say something about this, still waiting?
- Joel Parmer
  Brass Contributor
  Jun 21, 2017
  Ed Hansberry wrote:
  IT aanspreekpunt wrote:
  To fix this:
  
  you must go to the onedrive settings > office tab
  uncheck the collaboration option. The read only/save problems dissapear.
  
  Hmmm. thanks. That also disables the ability to share files from inside the Office app. Not ideal in the least.
  
  I have also seen this cropping up with my users and had to use this as a "temp" fix. Hopefully MS will fix this soon!

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