How to Fix Word File Permission Error?

“After updating Windows OS on my system I keep receiving file permission errors in Microsoft Word whenever I try to edit or save the documents. I am unable to do anything with my documents due to these file permission errors. Can anyone suggest me proper way to fix file permission errors in Word documents?”

File permission errors in MS Word:

Microsoft Word may display various errors blocking access to documents, among which file permission error is one. Usually while saving edited documents, error will get displayed saying ‘Word cannot complete the save due to file permission error’. MS Word fails to save due to file permission errors that occur while editing Word file from network drive or a Word document with incorrect macro. It may even appear when trying to save edited Word files from USB drives.

Word with file permission error can be fixed easily by following this workaround:

Avoid editing Word documents from shared network folder. You can just save the edited file to local drive first and then synchronize it with network drive. Also, when Word files are saved on external storage devices, copy them to system hard drive before editing. If the document says file permission error, then try using Microsoft inbuilt repair utility called ‘Open and Repair’.

To use this option, open Word application, go to ‘File’ in menu bar and select ‘Open document’. Then select the file that shows file permission error and click the drop down button next to ‘Open’ button in the window. Now, select Open and Repair option. This will fix certain issues with Word documents. But, in most of the situations Word file permission errors cannot be resolved manually and in such instances, one should make use of some third party Word repair utilities.

Software to fix file permission errors in Word:

Yodot DOC Repair is the excellent tool to fix all issues with Microsoft Word on Windows PCs. This tool can repair file permission errors in Word documents created on MS Word 2003, 2007, 2010, 2000 and 2013 versions. Along with file permission error, this tool can resolve Word file not found error, Word file encoding error, Word cannot save due to disk space error, Word object corrupt and no longer available error, Word unexpected error has occurred and many more. It can successfully fix corrupted MS Word DOC or DOCX files on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and 2003 OS based computers. Download free demo version of the application to know more about the repair steps as well as its features.

Guidelines to resolve file permission errors in Microsoft Word:

• Download the software on your Windows computer and install it
• Run the utility as per instructions and wait for main screen
• Now, click on ‘Browse’ option to choose error showing Word document that needs to be repaired
• After selecting necessary Word file, click on ‘Repair’ button to trigger scanning process
• View the status of scanning process using Progress bar
• Once done with scanning process, fixed Word file will be readily available
• Have a detailed look at fixed Word document and save it to a target location on host computer drive

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