can longer use indesign all files open as read only

Hi@leeh47793522 ,

what's your exact InDesign version?
What's your operating system and what are your machine details?

Where are your documents stored? Internal hard disk volume? Somewhere else?

Could be a permission issue when on macOS.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

Moving thread to the InDesign forum from Using the Community