read only files

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I HAVE FILES THAT I WANT TO DELETE.
CLICK ONTO THE FILE WHICH I WANT TO DELETE--IT WOULD SAYS
"DELETE TO RECYLE BIN". CLICK YES BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY -
"CANNOT DELETE READ ONLY FILES AND CANNOT COPY OR MOVE
FILES" WILL APPEAR.. HOW CAN A READ ONLY FILE BE DELETED?
CAN ANYONE HELP ME DELETE THEM? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
 
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kazupaul said:
I HAVE FILES THAT I WANT TO DELETE.
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Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in
mixed case.

CLICK ONTO THE FILE WHICH I WANT TO DELETE--IT WOULD SAYS
"DELETE TO RECYLE BIN". CLICK YES BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY -
"CANNOT DELETE READ ONLY FILES AND CANNOT COPY OR MOVE
FILES" WILL APPEAR.. HOW CAN A READ ONLY FILE BE DELETED?
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By changing its attribute to remove the read-only flag.

But be careful. Files that are marked read-only after usually so
marked because they should *not* be deleted. What are these files
you want to delete?
 
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I HAVE FILES THAT I WANT TO DELETE.
CLICK ONTO THE FILE WHICH I WANT TO DELETE--IT WOULD SAYS
"DELETE TO RECYLE BIN". CLICK YES BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY -
"CANNOT DELETE READ ONLY FILES AND CANNOT COPY OR MOVE
FILES" WILL APPEAR.. HOW CAN A READ ONLY FILE BE DELETED?
CAN ANYONE HELP ME DELETE THEM? THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
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Sorry for the large cap. By opertor's error b/u was
done for all files to CD-RW. Some of these b/p are dated
as far back 8/03. I want to delete the older b/u.
 
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Please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type normally, in
mixed case.




By changing its attribute to remove the read-only flag.

But be careful. Files that are marked read-only after usually so
marked because they should *not* be deleted. What are these files
you want to delete?

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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I have the same problem, but when I try to change the
attributes, I get the message "Access denied."
 
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