>Perchance, you don't have the file within an EXE? In this case, when running the EXE the file within it will be found first - and it will be considered read-only.
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>However, I don't think this will affect work from the Command Window.

This is a DBC-contained table on the hard drive, no EXE involved. All problems described were from the Table Designer or Database Designer.

>Also, you might check if you happen to have more than one file with the same name, but in different folders.

There are two other older copies on my C: drive, and I'm confident that with the path I've set, the other copies are not visible. Windows Explorer shows all three copies are NOT read only.

Thanks for the input.