I have noticed similar, strange problems lately.  The last one that I had I was able to work-around by going to an account with 
administrator privileges and make the changes.  Since cardfiles are probably unique to the account, you could try to temporarily 
make your account have administrator privileges while you make the changes.  If that works, let us know.  It could be that SP3 has 
introduced some security measures that were not in older versions and may not work quite right, or, at least, not the way you would 
want them to work.  This is all a guess, though.

Dean Kukral

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ray Parrish
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:23 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Read only problem


Hello,

I have kept Windows cardfile on my computer since the days of Windows
3.1 and I keep phone numbers and addresses in a cardfile.

The last couple of times I have opened my cardfile I have been warned
that it is Read Only and I can't save any changes to it.

I checked the Properties sheet for the file and Read Only is not check
marked.

Anybody got any ideas how I can get this file working right again?

I'm on Win XP SP3 on an e-Machine T3410.

Later, Ray Parrish

 

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