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RobertCant2255
Mar 08, 2023Copper Contributor
Sharepoint Files is on Read Only Mode when opened with Office Desktop
Hello SharePoint Community, Just wanted to know if you encountered similar issue wherein any Sharepoint files are on Read Only mode when opened with Office Desktop. 2 Tenants so far are affected. ...
hannes_egger
Mar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
Hi,
we have the same issue. It seems to appear since the latest office updates for office 2016, 2019, 2021 home & business. not for office 365 users. if you open files on the office desktop app from sharepoint or onedrive via the browser then they are read-only. if you sync your sharepoint library or access the sharepoint files directly from the file->open menu of the office applications the files can be edited. also when you open files on the office webapps. I also noticed an increasing number of very recent posts about this problem on microsoft answers and reddit. so it seems to be a wide spear issue. hopefully microsoft releases a quick fix \ update on this issue. it's a pain....
we have the same issue. It seems to appear since the latest office updates for office 2016, 2019, 2021 home & business. not for office 365 users. if you open files on the office desktop app from sharepoint or onedrive via the browser then they are read-only. if you sync your sharepoint library or access the sharepoint files directly from the file->open menu of the office applications the files can be edited. also when you open files on the office webapps. I also noticed an increasing number of very recent posts about this problem on microsoft answers and reddit. so it seems to be a wide spear issue. hopefully microsoft releases a quick fix \ update on this issue. it's a pain....
hannes_egger
Mar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
they've just released an update, now it seems to be fine again
- RobertCant2255Mar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
hannes_egger I still had users on Home and Business 2019 but they didn't get any update. It just says up to date. May I know when did yours got updated?
- hannes_eggerMar 10, 2023Copper Contributor
RobertCant2255 Hi, I saw yesterday that there was again an update available when I clicked on any office application on file->account->update->update now. It was \ is available for 2016, 2019, 2021. My version is now 2208 build 15601.20538
That seems to be an older version, but it works again 🙂
- hannes_eggerMar 10, 2023Copper ContributorOur Admin just told me he activated the "Monthly Enterprise Channel" via gpo, so basically what we did was a downgrade and that's why it ok again