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Anonymous
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Hi everybody
I've got a strange problem with ArchiCAD 20. Shortly after I start working with a file, all of a sudden in the upper bar it appears the indication that the file is read only (name file [Read-only]). Do you now how to solve this issue?
Thanks!
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Barry Kelly
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Has somebody else opened the same file and taken "Exclusive Access"? - which will change you to read only.
Or are you saving the file directly to a file sharing folder - Dropbox, iCloud, Onedrive or similar?

Barry.
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I have this issue, I do save to Onedrive


@maccavali wrote:

I have this issue, I do save to Onedrive


Don't work directly with files stored in a cloud drive as it can cause problems as they start to sync.

Either suspend the cloud drive updates while you work on them or save to your local hard drive and then copy the files to the cloud drive when you want them to update.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11