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Cannot access older Word Files
I am suddenly unable to open some of my older Word files (say, a couple years or older). I get an error message that says "Word cannot open the document: user does not have access privileges." It is my computer, I am the administrator user, and there have never been any other users registered on the computer than me. Some of the files which I am now unable to open I have been able to open as recently as a few months ago, although they were created several years ago. Files that have been more recently created will open normally. Does anyone know why this would be and how i fix it? Thank you!
BTW, I have Office Starter 2010, Windows 7. |
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.doc format?
How long have you been using Word 2010? [Edit: start with Paul (Macropod)'s post. He knows more than I do about this.] Last edited by Charles Kenyon; 04-19-2017 at 05:47 AM. |
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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.
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Cheers, Paul Edstein [Fmr MS MVP - Word] |
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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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Macropod;
Your suggestion worked!! I have an external hard drive. I copied an inaccessible file to the external drive, deleted it from the computer, then copied it back and it opened. Thank you! |
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