The excel 2007 and higher files are basically zipped file. If you can handle the Open Office XML then you can directly open and edit. The below link can. Cannot delete or rename a Word file through Windows Explorer. Hello Azam, thank you for your interest in my problem. Re Virus scan I use AVG and ran the scan with no problems detected. Re Safe mode, see my original post. I tried that without success. However. I did find a way to delete the file The DOS cmd line function DEL will delete the file. One must be careful, and make sure that absolutely nothing is referencing the file. The first time I tried to delete the file I had Windows Explorer open and. I am Using Window7 and I had some of my files encrypted by opening the file properties and selecting the encryption option. I had no problem so far but all of a. DEL command failed noting that the file was open in another application. When I closed the Explorer window and retried the DEL command, it worked Unfortunately it took me almost two days to think of trying the DOS command line utility. I wont forget it now. Thanks for responding. You ask if I have any issues and I still have another major unresolved problem. It is however a MS Word issue. If this is not your cup of tea, perhaps you can point one of the Word gurus at it. I posted this a couple of days ago on the Office Online site in the Word area. There have been no responses. Here is a copy of the post Word 2. Windows 7. I have a file called v. I was editing it Word went into a loop and after waiting half an hour I had to terminate Word using the task manager. When I reopened v. Priest 2011 Nl Subs'>Priest 2011 Nl Subs. MSWORD2013-RecoverCorrupt1.png' alt='Microsoft Word File Cannot Open' title='Microsoft Word File Cannot Open' />Clive has a system that just hasnt worked correctly since he installed and then removed Open Office. Now, when he doubleclicks a Word document in Windows. Microsoft Word 2016 succeeds the 2013 version with enhanced collaboration and mobile productivity. However, you might not like your buying options if youre not. Word appears to have recovered the file properly but at the top of the window where the file name is shown, there is now the text Read Only. When I attempt to save the file Word tells me that since the current file is read only I have to give the file a new nane which I do v. Word exits. When I open v. I expected the read only attribute to be gone since the new name had been supplied. However file v. 2. Saving using save as v. Gratis Muziek En Van Youtube Zonder Programma there. I cannot get rid of the readonly attribute and thus every edit requires a new version of the file. If one checks the file properties in Windows Explorer the read only attribute is NOT set. These files that I could not delete are the older versions v. I note above. Any solution to this problem would be much appreciated. Kong: Otok Lubanja.