read-only & permissions

new install of  Win 8.1 and  Office 2013 (from Win 7 & Office 2010).  only me using the pc.

I save a lot of my docs to a USB HardDrive (E:) and work off them from there; but now when i want to work on them from E: they become read-only and "we can't save this file because it's read only" (even with the restrict editing is all off)  and also get message like "you don't have permission to save to this location; contact the administrator to obtain permission"

Is there anyway to kill this forced 'read-only' and 'permissions needed' things ?    

If its too complicate i guess best just to go back to Office 2010.

Thanks for any ideas you can give me

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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Office Community.

It is not recommended to save the files on a removable drive, then use it on different devices.

Let's, exit Word, copy the document from removable drive to desktop, then try opening and working on the same and verify the result.

You may also turn off the Preview Pane from Windows Explorer > View > deselect Preview Pane option, then try working on the Word document and verify the result.

Kindly reply with the result and I'll be happy to help you further.

Thank you.

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Search for articles on "Create a Windows To Go drive". You don't want to buy a full WTG drive, they include a copy of Windows. Instead, you are looking for instructions on creating a drive that can be used with WTG. This will mount as a local disk instead of a removable one and won't change the read only status of the files saved to it.

I've read about, but have not verified that, a Kingston Data Traveller Ultimate is one USB drive that will do what you want. Research before buying.

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