Thread: [Solved] Excel Spreadsheet shows as 'Read Only'
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Old 07-21-2015, 01:29 PM
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If Excel crashes on your PC with a file open, but remains running in the background with the file open, then anyone who tries to access that file will only be able to open it as 'read only' until you kill your Excel session. You can do the latter by logging off or by killing the Excel process in the Windows Task Manager.
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