Re: [libreoffice-users] Problem with LibreOffice 5

On 07/09/2017 02:33 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :) 
> There was a Win 10 update that messed up the permissions in one of the
> places i volunteer at. 
>
> I have no idea how to fix it.  I think we went through each individual
> folder to reset the permissions but that sounds like a very
> inefficient and highly error-prone way of trying to fix it generally. 
> Still, 'everyone' loves Windows. 
>
> Regards from
> Tom :) 

Wow. Craziness.   :)

Peace...

"The Other" Tom
> On 9 July 2017 at 17:46, Tom Williams <tomdkat@comcast.net
> <mailto:tomdkat@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 07/08/2017 02:56 AM, MICHAEL HELY wrote:
>     > I am having trouble with this suite.   Normally I have been able
>     to open, amend, and save a document without any problem.   
>     However, in the last week or so I can only open a document in
>     read-only form.   To change the contents I have to open a copy for
>     editing, save that under a different name, delete the original,
>     and then rename the new document to fit in with my filing system. 
>        This is time consuming, and very inconvenient.
>     > The only event that I can identify as a possible cause is that
>     about the same time there was an automatic update to Windows 10,
>     and there might be some incompatablity between the updated Windows
>     and LibreOffice.    (I have since installed the latest update to
>     LibreOffice5, but to no avail;  the problem is still there).   
>     However that is only a wild guess!     I would be grateful for
>     your advice and a remedy
>     > regards
>     > M. Hely
>     >
>     I have two basic questions:
>
>      1. Have you confirmed the original file wasn't already "read-only"
>         before attempting to open it?
>      2. Are you opening files from the file system or directly from an
>     email
>         attachment?
>
>
>     These are things you have probably already thought of but I want
>     to ask
>     anyway.  :)   I've run LibreOffice 5 on a couple of Windows 10 systems
>     and have been able to open, edit, and save documents without issue.
>
>     Peace...
>
>     "The Other" Tom
>
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