Warning: QuickBooks cannot open this file because it exists as a Read-Only file. Please make the file Read-Writable and then try opening it again

You are trying to open a company file, the following message appears:

Warning: QuickBooks cannot open this file because it exists as a Read-Only file. Please make the file Read-Writable and then try opening it again.

 Just what does this mean?

It means the properties on your data file are set to read only.  I had this happen many times when we had a Windows Vista computer and we moved files from one computer to the other.  Not sure to the technological reason for it.  It just happened.

So, how do you fix this?

Go directly to your data file outside of QuickBooks

Right click on the file and uncheck the "Read only" box.

Then click apply and okay.  Then go back to QuickBooks and reopen.

That is all you have to do to fix a file that has read only.

Lynda
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