I am trying to open a couple of Word files which I have opened many times, but now I am getting the following message:



"You don't have permission to open this file. Contact the file owner or an administrator to obtain permission."

I am the file owner and administrator, so how do I open these files?

I have MC Office 2010 for Students. I read on the Internet that you can right click on the file you want to open and then select "Run As Administrator" but my version of Word does not have that option. So what do I do?

This could be the result of left-over owner files (sometimes called lock files) on your system, although these usually don't trigger that specific error message. Try restarting Windows and then deleting temporary files as discussed in MVP Graham Mayor's article at http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional