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 352K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-01-16T21:13:04+00:00

    If files are occasionally read only, look for "left-over" lock files in the local OneDrive driver. The lock files have almost the same names as the original *.docx, but the names start with ~$. After you have exited Word, you can delete the lock files.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-07-24T20:22:21+00:00

    What I found out was the Microsoft Office application became corrupt.  I was unable to switch from read only and furthermore, It told me I didn't have administrative privileges.  Finally, I left my files alone, deleted Microsoft Office from my machine, re-downloaded it through my Microsoft Account, and that fixed everything.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-09-01T02:47:18+00:00

    These messages are from 2014 and it is 2017 and I am still having this issue. The trust center did nothing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-09-01T02:57:19+00:00

    I am adding to what Adrian Gregory said: I went in and accessed the One Drive folder from c: users/owner/one drive.

    I did that and right clicked on onedrive (don't open the folder) and choose properties. Then I unchecked the box read-only. Then apply and it brought up a status bar and I could see my files cycling through and now they don't open read-only. Hopefully that is it!! No thanks to microsoft I might add!

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  5. Stefan Blom 352K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-09-01T08:24:28+00:00

    Thanks for sharing this, which may help others.

    Note that "Microsoft" isn't replying to questions here—only users such as yourself. See "Who's Who in the Community" in the FAQ at https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/page/faq.

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