Hi, Maybe you can have a quick look if you have enabled "Controlled Folder Access":
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-controlled-folder-access-windows-10-fall-creators-update Regards, Matthias Am 22.11.20 um 12:55 schrieb Jean Lear: > Hello James, > I should not say this James, but I am pleased to hear this has happened to > someone > else. > The same thing happened to me after I installed Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8 on > my > Windows 10 Asus computer. I could not open files as usual. I got a window > with > the option of "Read Only" or "Open as copy". The usual solutions to open > "Read > Only" were not available. > I uninstalled 4.1.8 and went back to 4.1.7 but the problem was still there. > I took my computer to the experienced computer technician whose business is > computers who looks after my computer. I think he did not recognise the > problem. > I was told that by trial and error he solved the problem saying it was the > Avast program > and another program that were the problem. I had been using Avast and the > other > program for many years on this and other computers. > My computer was returned with Windows Defender and my other favourite > program deleted. > I would be interested to hear if any other users have had this same problem > and > if it happens only to some users who have upgraded to 4.1.8 and if so how > the problrm > was solved. > Thank you. > Jean Lear > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 10:47 AM James Pesout <jpes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After installing Open Office version 4.1.8 every time I open a file it's >> categorized as a read-only file. >> >> To edit any of my files I have to open them as a copy, edit them, and then >> save them with a new name. >> >> The next time I open that file, it opens as a read only file. >> >> I'm using a Windows 10 platform on a 64 bit system. >> >> I've uninstalled 4.1.8 and reinstalled it but the problem persists. >> >> Thanks for your advice. >> >> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> < >> https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link >> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>
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