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Document in "Read-only" mode all the time
Mirek_N wrote:Hi, I tried to find a solution here but I was not successful. I have SharePoint library and when we want edit word document in desktop application, document is opened as a "Read-only". Do you have any idea what to do with it? I just found that there is problem with OneDrive and synchronization. We have own Content type on this library but I just try to edit document directly from library and it is not possible.
I got the same issue before. What I had figured out, it happened after I synced my SharePoint library with the onedrive client in my PC. To solve the problem, I un-sync the library by unticking it from the settings.
Hope this also works for others.
There used to be a bug that caused MS Word Desktop checkin to lock a file read-only if it was synced with OneDrive. The workaround was to either unsync the library from OneDrive, or only use checkin from SharePoint via your browser.
For me, this bug seems to have been fixed. I can use Word Desktop checkin on synced libraries without issue.
fakhrula Thank you. I have no idea how my Sharepoint locations had been added to my OneDrive Synchronisation. I have recently started using O365, and created some sites. Actually, I think I used Teams to create Channels. Maybe Microsoft integration (in this regard) has gone too far. It appear that the creation may have resulted in the addition of Sync, which I do not want (the whole point of Sharepoint for me, is that I don't have local copies). That said, what is the logic that allows me to have a local copy, that I can't update (only save as yet another copy)???? Surely it should update/overwrite regardless!
Anyway, as I say, I don't want a local copy, and so your suggestion works for me.
Onedrive Desktop App (right click cloud in systay) > Settings > Account tab > Stop sync (against the folder of interest)
ChrizK Replying to myself as the instructions are correct. Coincidently, I have been struggling again with Read Only. More of a coincidence, someone added to this thread which triggered my email. This is fortunate, as it made me read my own instructions. As I had a vague recollection of this problem, I thought I had stopped the OneDrive app during my investigation of the current problem, but Read Only persisted. This morning, I read the email and my own reply again. I checked OneDrive and found that there was a Sharepoint folder added to sync, but with zero bytes usage. Again, I have absolutely no idea how it was added, and I don't think it was even related to the folder I had the problem with (other than being the same Teams Channel, which means it shares the same Sharepoint Document folder).
Anyway, I removed this from OneDrive sync, and my document now allows me to turn on AutoSave once more (I still have major/minor checkout enabled).
- Thanks: disabling sync did the trick for me as well. Still buggy, it seems.
