"Read Only" access for Non-Admin Users in XP Home

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My PC crashed & I had to do a full Windows reload. After I did that and put
my files back on from my back-up CD, the files in the "Shared Documents"
folder open as "Read Only" when any non-Admin user opens them. I check the
"Properties" for the files and the "Read Only" box is NOT checked in the
"Attributes" section. I check the properties of the "Shared Documents"
folder and there is a green box next to "Read Only" which I cannot get rid of
(I delete it and close the properties, but when I re-open it, its back).
The "Shared Documents" folder is in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents
How can I get my PC back so non Admin-users can open files in the "Shared
Documents" folder?
 
ShadyBoy said:
My PC crashed & I had to do a full Windows reload. After I did that and
put
my files back on from my back-up CD, the files in the "Shared Documents"
folder open as "Read Only" when any non-Admin user opens them. I check
the
"Properties" for the files and the "Read Only" box is NOT checked in the
"Attributes" section. I check the properties of the "Shared Documents"
folder and there is a green box next to "Read Only" which I cannot get rid
of
(I delete it and close the properties, but when I re-open it, its back).
The "Shared Documents" folder is in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents
How can I get my PC back so non Admin-users can open files in the "Shared
Documents" folder?
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Sorry, I only know that the read only attribute of the Shared Documents
folder is not the cause of your problem. All folders on an XP system have
this attribute set.
Jim
 
Thanks Jim - I figured out the problem, and you're right, that wasn't it. I
appreciate you helping to at least direct me away from what it wasn't
 
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