Global.MPT is Read Only (Project Pro 2013)

Hello,
After a crash of Win 7, the Global.MPT file of my Project 2013 is left read only.
How can I set it back to read/write?
Thanks

Dale,
You are right: after the computer reboot, the Global.mpt file went back to Read/Write mode!
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