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Excel doc goes read only mode by itself

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by malactivair

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My Excel doc's do this after opening them ..they go to read only mode.... this happens when they are closed a couple of times. I can't add or delete them.
After I reboot .. they will work ok..
any idea why this hppens
O/S is Win98
Office 2000 pro

Many Thanks

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by gops_bah

Try deleleting the tempory files in your \Windows\Temp folder. this u have to do before opening any program after a new boot.

If still proble is there, it can be an OS problem also, if, before re installing win98 try removing un wanted startup programs using msconfig command.

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