The Read-only attribute protects data stored on Hard Disk. This article shows how to make disk or disk partition read-only in Windows 11/10.

You can have Excel make a spreadsheet in read only format for others, so that people can read its contents but not edit them, or you can enforce other content restrictions.

A QuickBooks file that's set to read-only will open in QuickBooks but you won't be able to edit it. Often files appear as read-only because of the type of media they are stored on.

Here is how you can use the new save locations setting in Windows 10 to help you save storage in your devices. We also have a few other tips. Take a look!