Read-only presentation

[Butdan2002]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this but I need this question answered badly. I need to open PowerPoint presentation which was emailed to me. But this error pops up:
The file may be read-only, or you may be trying to open a read-only location.

Can anyone advise what could have caused this?

Thanks

[redwudz]

Maybe password protection was added to the file? You can make a PP file with read or modify protection.
Or your security settings in Windows is blocking it.
But it's not a good idea to reduce Windows security protection to view a document.

But others here with more PP experience may have a better explanation.

And welcome to our forums.

[TreeTops]

You should still be able to open it and read it, but not make any revisions, unless the file is corrupted somehow. What program are you using to open it?

[blair3356]

This might happen because:
It's set read-only on the disk.
It's stored on read-only storage media .
Someone else is editing the file.
Possibly even a previously crashed but still running instance of presentation has the file open.
Take your pick of these threads:
http://www.ppt.repair/
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00637_PowerPoint_opens_presentations_as_Read-Only-_won-t_allo...s_embedded.htm