Read Only Attr. Set, can not remove

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Scott Mallet

All files and folders under the root of an NTFS partition show as Read Only
when viewing the attributes of the file or folder. This does not change the
way that the files are accessed though, for example, if a file needs to be
modified, you can without any problem.

Also, you can checking the "Read Only" box but within about 10 minutes, the
attributes revert. Removing the Read Only attribute a number of different
ways has produced the same results.

User account used was Administrator or the local computer and was also tried
as a Power User. The computer is NOT a member of a domain and there are no
security policies applied.

Thanks for any input!

-Scott
 
1. All your folders aren't read only. Explorer won't tell youi what they are. It says it's indeterminite - it's a tristate box.

2. Some must be read only.

3. The attribute isn't being removed so it's not reverting. Explorer refuses to touch read only on folders so as not to break windows. It doesn't tell you anyway.

4. Read Only has no meaning appplied to folders, so MS reused the attribute to mean special shell folder when 95 was released.
 
XP just marks all folders read-only by default, BUT, the folders are not
read-only and
should work as normal. Just ignore the read-only mark. If you have a piece
of software that is having probs writing to a folder then try to get an xp
complatable version of the program. Or post the exact probs your having.
Most likely if it is a well written app then is it not the read-only check
box, more likely a permissions setting.

Here is some info on it:

XP makes folders read-only by design. In XP the read only attribute
is only used by explorer to see if the folder is a special or a system
folder. Read up on it:
For XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326549
or for other win versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;256614

File permissions info:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418
 
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