Reasons for Access Restrictions

Cause

Solution

A system administrator has applied Windows file permissions to the project or the folder containing the project and you do not have permission to open it.

Please ask your system administrator to  grant you permission to access the project or folder.

You are trying to open a team project with more than 100 references, but you are using Citavi Free.

Enter your license key for Citavi Pro, Citavi Reader or Citavi Team.

The project is password-protected.

Contact the project manager for the team project and request to be added to the team.

Cause

Solution

A system administrator has applied Windows file permissions to the project or the folder containing the project and you do not have permission to open it.

Please ask your system administrator to  grant you permission to access the project or folder.

The Citavi project is read-only.

In Windows Explorer, right-click the Citavi project file and then click Properties. Click General and then clear the Read-only checkbox.

The Citavi project is read-only because it was directly opened from a ZIP file.

Extract the project by right-clicking the ZIP file and clicking Extract all. Open the extracted project file.

The Citavi project is saved on a read-only device, such as a CD-ROM or USB flash drive.

Copy the Citavi project file to your hard drive and open it from there.

You cannot save changes to a team project with more than 100 references, and are using Citavi Pro or Citavi Pro.

Enter your license key for Citavi Team.

The team project is password-protected.

Contact the project manager for the team project and request to be included in the team.

You cannot save changes to a  solo project with more than 100 references, and are using Citavi  Free or Citavi Reader.

Enter the license key for Citavi Pro or Citavi Team.