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. Anonymous
    2015-08-19T17:23:29+00:00

    Hi, I am having the same issue. I only have one Word Doc that is coming up as Read-Only. My problem is, since it is a OneDrive file, I cannot navigate to it in File Explorer to adjust the properties like @nickuofm said.

    When I click on my OneDrive icon in the File Explorer I get this:

    So I am unable to see the 7 Word Docs I have saved on my OneDrive... When I click on that file, Windows asks me if I want to search the Windows Store for an App to open it... I just want to edit the files!!

    So I decided to log on to OneDrive though the browser to see if I could set any Properties there, but nothing at all..

    Any help would be greatly apprediated

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2015-08-19T23:18:06+00:00

    After logging into to OneDrive through the browser, download the document to a folder on your local drive and see if you can do something with it there.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T02:30:06+00:00

    The problem with me is the folder is marked read only and it wont change.

    So files open read only. Why is this happening? the only fix right now is don't use onedrive.

    I deleted the folder hoping it would be recreated and be normal but no, it came back read only.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T09:59:38+00:00

    I have been waiting years for Microsoft to fix this problem. They never respond to this issue so I assume they don't care or have no clue what to do. Don't get your hopes up that Microsoft will ever do anything.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T14:37:48+00:00

    I think problem is fixed. I have a small partition where I keep stuff. I set one drive up there, so far it works.

    Another solution for people maybe google drive, sorry MS, well no not really :)

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