You can't make this change because this selection is locked: Microsoft Office Error Fixed!

hello everyone and welcome to learn Tech in this short video I'll show to you guys how you can fix this kind of error message that you have received on your Microsoft Word if you are trying to edit a file or if you are trying to create a new file on your Microsoft Word and you are receiving this kind of message you can't make this change because the selection is locked so you'll see this message here at the bottom of the Microsoft Word in this video I'll show to you guys some quick methods how to fix this problem the first thing that you guys have to try is to make sure that your Microsoft Word is licensed and the next thing that you have to try is to go over file here at the top of Microsoft Word and then from those options over here you have to go over info and then you have to check over protect document make sure that there is no restriction Edition or whatsoever on the file that you are trying to edit there are many other methods that you can try but I'm going to go now to the best method that you can can try to fix this problem so after you make sure that your Microsoft Word is licensed and you try to check if this file that you are trying to edit is not protected then the next thing that you have to try is to open File Explorer so you click over file explorer here at the taskbar and then from the options on the left you just have to go over this PC and then over local disk and then you have to find the folder program files which is over here not the x86 but just program files folder you click over there and then from these folders over here you have to find Microsoft Office here it is you have to select exactly this folder Microsoft Office and not the other types or other versions of Microsoft Office 15 in this case but we are not interested on that one we need to click over Microsoft Office and then over here we have to click over office 16 and then over here you need to find this file which is here which is an executable file and then you click with the right of the mouse and then you run as administrator this file this will pop up a CMD program and to execute this application file we have to do this three times exactly so this is the second time that I'm doing and then the third time so we have to run as administrator this file three times and then the problem that you have will be fix with your word application so now normally Your Word application should be working and those were some of the main methods that you need to try in order to fix this kind of error that you may have received On Your Word application I hope that this methods fixed your issue but please write down the comments below if this worked and if you have found another method please let us know thanks a allot for watching and please consider subscribing to our channel to find out different solutions for different problems that you may have during your working day thank you

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Id: AJH5WS04lhc

Length: 3min 3sec (183 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 12 2023