Can not access documents

[Scotto58]

Hi everyone,

I have several documents I created/saved in Calc and Writer and when I try to open them it says "access denied"
Can anyone tell me why this is happening. This is a recent issue as I have been able to access them before. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

[Hagar Delest]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Try this thread: [Solved] Permission to open denied.
LibreOffice may be a good bet.

If that doesn't work try this search: Access Denied.

Please add [Solved] at the beginning of the title in your first post (top of the topic) with the ✎ button if your issue has been fixed.

[Bidouille]

Open Office 4 on Windows 7

Sure about this?
Windows 7 is end-of-life since 2020.

I have several documents I created/saved in Calc and Writer and when I try to open them it says "access denied"

Could you please attach a screenshot so we can see the folder location in Windows Explorer?

[RoryOF]

Go to the folder(s) in which you have Saved these documents, enable "Viewing of hidden files" (words to that effect, a folder setting) and see are there hidden lock files.

If so, with OpenOffice closed, delete those lock files. Beware, they have a similar name to the original files, but are very much smaller, a matter of a few hundred bytes, whereas the original files will be at least several kilobytes.