I have an ArcGIS Pro project that will only open as read-only. I don't have it open anywhere else and I've tried closing everything and even restarting my computer.
Before this happened, I was migrating .mxd documents to Pro projects and feature classes from .mdb databases to .gdb databases
"Save As" to a new filename. Does that one open as read only?
The new version I can open and edit. the old version is still locked. Here's the message I get when I try to delete it:
don't know what ArcGISIndexingServer is, but by chance is there non-local data in the aprx? If so, try remove any layers that aren't locally stored incrementally with a save after each removal to see if you can narrow down the offending data
nope, it's all local except for the basemap
I'd be interested to know if deleting the index and cache works.
https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000012557
still no dice...
Matt - let's try to disable the ArcGISIndexingServer process and see if that resolves the locked/read-only *.aprx. To do this:
1). Close ArcGIS Pro.
2). Go to Start Menu> Search for "Task scheduler" > Open Task scheduler.
3). On the left hand pane in Task scheduler, Click on Task scheduler(Local) > Task scheduler library.
4). In the list scheduled tasks, locate the task with name like "ArcGIS Pro Indexing (Your_Username)" >Right click on the task> Disable the task.> Close Task Scheduler.
5). Reboot the machine
Once you reboot the machine, attempt to load the *.aprx in question. What is the result?
still read-only
Okay - next thing. In ArcGIS Pro, go to Project-Options-Application-Indexing. Click "Don't create index" and uncheck "Update the index periodically" Then close ArcGIS Pro, redo the steps for Task Scheduler. What is the result?