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Bob S.

I copied my database to a CD, took it to another computer, copied to the hard
drive, and the mdb opened and I can not make changes to it. Any answers
would be appreciated.
Bob
 
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John Vinson

I copied my database to a CD, took it to another computer, copied to the hard
drive, and the mdb opened and I can not make changes to it. Any answers
would be appreciated.
Bob
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On the second computer, find the file in Windows Explorer or My
Computer; right mouseclick on the file name and select Properties.
Uncheck the "Read Only" checkbox.

Copying a file to CD marks it read-only (because that's a limitation
of the medium) and copying it back to hard disk does not undo that
change; you must do so yourself.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
 
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Larry Linson

"Bob S." wrote
I copied my database to a CD, took it
to another computer, copied to the hard
drive, and the mdb opened and I can not
make changes to it. Any answers
would be appreciated.
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In Explorer, right-click the file, choose Properties, then uncheck
Read-Only. When the file is written to CD, the Read-Only property is
automatically set. It isn't automatically reset when the file is copied from
CD back to a hard drive, so you must reset it.
 
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Bob S. said:
I copied my database to a CD, took it to another computer, copied to the hard
drive, and the mdb opened and I can not make changes to it. Any answers
would be appreciated.
Bob
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