Cannot access older Word Files

eNGiNe · #4 04-18-2017, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by macropod

Evidently those files have had their access permissions screwed up. You should be able to overcome that by copying them to a FAT32-formatted drive (e.g. a typical USB thumb drive), then copying them back to your HDD.

Note that many people in this forum have repeated the advice "don't try and work with Word files when they're on a USB stick – only work with files on your hard drive …" so follow Macropod's advice to the letter ;-}

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