How to open excel file in read only through the shortcut

[mrMadCat]

Hi! I have a file in the local network to wich i have a shortcut on my desktop. The thing is I usually want to open it in read only. Is there a way of doing it through the shortcut, maybe with some special lunch parameters?
I don't like doing this through the open excel program and its menu, it is too messy.

 

[BarryL]

If you have adminstrator privilages then right click on the shortcut. Go to the shortcut tab. In the Target box, after the path enter /r

it would look something like this in the Target box.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /r

If its not that then the /r goes at the start like:

/r "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe"

 

[mrMadCat]

well... it does nothing for me. still opens in full edit mode. I tried P:\file.xlsx /r and "

P:\file.xlsx" /r, no difference.

/r ​

P:\file.xlsx says that pass is wrong.​

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