Parameter format not correct in command Prompt - Read Only..

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"Samshun" <Samshun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

|>Parameter format not correct in command Prompt - Read Only attribute
|>
|>I am trying to change the Read Only attribute in command prompt, After I
|>type the following command, Parameter format not correcet - Error messege
|>comming up as follows,
|>
|>C:\Documents and Settings\My Name>attrib -r +s c:\documents and
|>settings\Myname\favorites
|>Parameter format not correct -
|>
|>What is wrong, How the format should be?
|>
|>Please help me, is there any easy ways to change all the folders from read
|>only to Normal?

First attrib is a path command so it would be like:
attrib -r c:\path to files *.*

What I do is go to the root of a drive (partition) (cd \) and type in
attrib -r /S *.*

This will remove the read only bits from all files, makes a defrag
more useful.

You will see a lot of error messages, don't worry about it, just says
you can't remove it from hidden or system files.

To see the switches allow'd with attrib type in: attrib /?
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Samshun <Samshun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> C:\Documents and Settings\My Name>attrib -r +s c:\documents and
> settings\Myname\favorites
> Parameter format not correct -
>
> What is wrong, How the format should be?

You may want to use the short pathname instead. Use DIR /x
in order to see them. Therefore, the command should read:
ATTRIB -r +s C:\DOKUME~1\Myname\FAVORI~1 (example).
Anyway, setting these attributes doesn't make too much sense.

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