Database opens as Read Only

[Wet_Blanket]

Good Morning, I have a database I have been testing with various users - it is just a standard split database. Some users have no issues with it, but there are a couple that can only open it up as read only. Any ideas what may be causing this issue?

 

[boblarson]

All users must have read/write/delete rights to the folder that the database file(s) is/are located. This includes the backend as well as the frontend. Also, does each user have a COPY of the frontend on their machine? If not, they need to have one and not share a copy on a network location.

 

[Wet_Blanket]

Thanks again Bob. Turns out the users were opening the database directly from the zip file and not exporting on to their desktop or share file.

 

[boblarson]

Thanks again Bob. Turns out the users were opening the database directly from the zip file and not exporting on to their desktop or share file.

Yeah, that could be a problem.

 

[Wet_Blanket]

Yes, goes to show what is obvious to us (like exporting a database from a zip file before using it) isn't always as obvious to others.