Disable a GridView, but enable a template field column

Hi,

Is it possible to disable a gridview and enable a templatefield inside a column?

grdEmployee.Enabled=false;

and which contains a template field of linkbuttons

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Branch">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtBranch" runat="server" Text='<% Bind("Branch") %>' />
EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBranch" runat="server" Text='<% Bind("Branch") %>' OnClientClick="openPopupWindow()" />

But whenever I disable the gridview, the linkbutton disappears and the column appears as plain text. I want to disable the gridview but not the linkbutton template field column

Thanks in advance