Why are my onedrive documents opening in read-only mode after installing office 365 home edition?

Anonymous
2014-03-26T17:51:19+00:00

I'm opening a word document from my Onedrive folder on my local machine and it's opening in Word 365 in read-only mode. Why is this  and why can't I open the document in Word 2010?

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  1. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-04-24T11:08:54+00:00

    At the moment I'm working on a computer with Windows 7 and no sync client installed, so I can't test the available options myself, but you should see (at the very least) something called Settings or perhaps Options when right-clicking the OneDrive icon on the taskbar.

    These read-only issues seem to resurface from time to time, and I don't think there has ever been an explanation that applies to everyone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-04-24T10:04:47+00:00

    I was looking inside File Explorer. On the task bar, the right-click OneDrive icon allows "Pause Syncing".

    I am not the original poster, and, in general, I am not having a major problem with "Read Only" files - but it happens perhaps daily. I suspect it is related to the original source of the file and Microsoft Word / Windows 10 "protecting" the file by making it "Read Only".

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  3. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-04-24T09:38:13+00:00

    If you right-click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar, then, what options do you see there?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-04-24T09:15:48+00:00

    My right-click menu includes only "Choose OneDrive Folders to Sync".

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  5. Stefan Blom 351.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-04-24T08:04:33+00:00

    In File Explorer, locate the OneDrive folder and right-click its icon.

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