Microsoft KB Archive/161475

= Shared Files May Open as Read Only =

Article ID: 161475

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161475



SYMPTOMS
When you open a file that was created in Microsoft Excel version 7.0, you may receive a Password dialog box containing one of the following error messages:

In Microsoft Excel 97
A shared list from Microsoft Excel 95 must be opened Read-Only.

To edit the workbook in Microsoft Excel 97, click OK, then click Save As on the file menu and save the workbook with a new name. You can then save the new workbook as a Microsoft Excel 97 shared workbook, if you want. For more information, click Help.

In Microsoft Excel 5.0
'' is reserved by XL 95 Users. Open Read Only!

Enter password for write access, or open read only.

where  is the name of the file that you are opening.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you open a file that was saved as a shared file in Microsoft Excel 7.0. When you turn on the Multi-User Editing feature in a file in Microsoft Excel 7.0, you are not able to open the file with read-write access in Microsoft Excel 5.0 or Microsoft Excel 97.



MORE INFORMATION
When you receive the Password dialog box in Microsoft Excel 5.0 after opening a file that was saved as a shared file in Microsoft Excel 7.0, if you enter a password, whether the file has a password or not, you receive the error message "Incorrect password."

In Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 97, when you open a file that was created in Microsoft Excel version 7.0 that was not saved as a shared file, the file opens normally; no dialog box appears.

NOTE: Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0 use the same file format. Microsoft Excel 97 uses a different format.

Additional query words: 5.00c 97 8.00 XL97 XL

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinterop kbualink97 KB161475

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