Unable to remove read only attributes for folders and disks

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This problem is not consistant throughout the system. I am running XP, SP2
and all current updates. Yesterday, a number of folders became read only.
It was not consistant throughout the logical disk, there were some folders
that were not. For the folders, I tried to remove the read only properity
via a R click - properity - uncheck read only. I then clicked apply then ok.
The disk remained read only.

A DVD that I was trying to back up the disk on was marked read only. I have
a disk image of the system just after I loaded it. I was going to back up my
data, then restore the system to its original state.

Is there a way I can remove the read only attribute?

Mike

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Read-only means nothing for folders. Only a file can be Read-only.

The Read-only check box for folders is there for convenience, it allows you
to change the Read-only attribute of all the files contained in that folder.
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Files saved to CD/DVD are automatically listed as Read-only. When they are
restored to a hard drive they remain Read-only.

Locate the files through My Computer or Windows Explorer.

Highlight the file or group of files | Right click the file or group of
files | Properties | Uncheck the Read-only box found in Attributes | Click
Apply | Click OK

See also...
HOW TO: Remove the Read-Only Attribute While You Copy Files from a CD-ROM in
Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;323002

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:7B924708-5C7E-4678-871C-527883B86E6D@microsoft.com,
Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> This problem is not consistant throughout the system. I am running XP,
> SP2 and all current updates. Yesterday, a number of folders became read
> only. It was not consistant throughout the logical disk, there were some
> folders that were not. For the folders, I tried to remove the read only
> properity via a R click - properity - uncheck read only. I then clicked
> apply then ok. The disk remained read only.
>
> A DVD that I was trying to back up the disk on was marked read only. I
> have a disk image of the system just after I loaded it. I was going to
> back up my data, then restore the system to its original state.
>
> Is there a way I can remove the read only attribute?
>
> Mike

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Wesley Vogel wrote:

> Files saved to CD/DVD are automatically listed as Read-only. When they are
> restored to a hard drive they remain Read-only.

¿Are you sure about this last thing?

For me the Read-only attribute remains set under Win98, but under this
here WinXP setup it is auto-cleared when copying from a CD/DVD-ROM to a
HardDiskDrive volume.

N.B. I adjust my OS's to suit me as much as i know how, but i don't
remember changing anything regard this. I do like that Read-only gets
cleared under WinXP and wish i could change Win98 to do the same.

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