On SW18 network It is impossible for us to edit the materials
I tried all the tips given on the net:
go to the registry, in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 20XX\general\Excel Edit Open and change the value to 0
But this key does not exist...; and this recipe dates from 2014...
I tried to delete the SW rep in the registry as advised. To no effect.
I tried a lot of things. Replace the material files with those from my home that work, add another path pointing to a local directory, put me in admin, etc...
To complete the remark of @ac cobra 427, would you be kind enough to complete your profile. A question of getting to know each other and knowing who you are answering ;-)
You have to look on this side and also: can you specify what is on the network and what is on the workstation. For the BDR, I guess it's the one for the individual position.