Why does access 2007 open as read only

But when a XP-user with Access does the same, it opens as read only! I have declared all available drives - with sub folders - as trusted locations and set macro security to low. Is there any hidden feature in that I have missed? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Gina Whipp Volunteer Moderator.

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Thread starter golfnut Start date Nov 24, Joined Nov 11, Messages Everytime I open up my Access database, it says "This database has been opened read-only. You can only change data in linked tables. To make design changes, save a copy of the database. I'm getting familiarized with Access 07 so I'm running some test DB's.

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To verify linked tables Sam Sam 1. The main reason for this is when the database is open somewhere else. This could be as already said by many others: not being closed properly somewhere already open somewhere When recently I had the same problem although different versions, I started to search for the reason. In my case I had an excel file that queried data from the database. In case the excel file is opened before the database, access would give this error.

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