====== NTFS Permissions ====== From: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/277867 Permissions are cumulative NTFS file permissions take priority over NTFS folder permissions. Deny overrides all By default, permissions that you assign to the parent folder are inherited by and propagated to the subfolders and files contained in the parent folder. Excel Excel updates a document by saving a temporary version, deleting the original, and then renaming the temporary file. If you can't delete, you can't update.