Startup command starts database but alter database open read only gives error

Hi,
I'm having some strange behavior. I've 10.2.0.3 database on windows 2003.
The startup command starts database without any issues.
But if I try following it gives error.
startup mount (successful no errors)
alter database open read only; gives error that file Mnnnnnn is missing.
Why this is happening and how to fix it?
Thanks.

You really need to show us exactly what Oracle is telling you, using copy and paste, so we can have some clue. You can hide details like instance and host names if they show up.
I'm wondering if you had some messed up offline datafile in a tablespace, where Oracle handles it with startup, but gets upset when you try to open read-only. It's some bizarro sequence of events like: add a datafile to a tablespace, decide that was a mistake, alter it offline, then remove it from the OS without telling Oracle any more about it. I've come back from vacation to find scenarios like this, it winds up being a time-bomb trying to recreate a standby later. Or something like that, I could be unremembering some details.

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