"Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)" is grayed out

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yawnmoth

I write click on a folder and see that the "Read-only (Only applies to
files in folder)" attribute is checked and grayed out. I uncheck it,
click Apply, and leave the "Apple changes to this folder, subfolders
and files" radio button clicked. I hit OK and a few minutes later all
the permissions are supposedly updated. I then try to copy a file
into a subfolder and... I can't. It's as though the folder, itself,
is Read-only and that the "Read-only (Only applies to files in
folder)" checkbox does indeed "only apply to files in folders" and not
to folders, themselves.

I go to a folder that has no subfolders in it and see that the "Read-
only (Only applies to files in folder)" checkbox for that is grayed
out and checked, as well. I uncheck it and right click and... it
works. I right click on the parent directory (which contains no other
subfolders) and do the same thing and... it's still grayed out.

Any ideas?
 
yawnmoth said:
I write click on a folder and see that the "Read-only (Only applies to
files in folder)"
Click to expand...

This is not a chat room - read the answer I gave in the reply to your first
post...
 
Cat-In-A-Flat said:
Hit the Start Orb, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Windows
Explorer, select Run as administrator.
Then try what you are trying to do.
Click to expand...


Won't change anything - folders in Vista are always Read-Only. It doesn't
affect anything inside the folders....
 
You're running in circles over something that does not exist. That attribute
can only be applied to files and it's showing on a folder is inconsequential
to the files within it.

You can't change the attribute at the folder level because it doesn't exist.
It appears there because a folder has been customized.

Even though it appears on the folder, it does not apply to the files within
it.

More on this non-problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/

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Rick Rogers said:
You're running in circles over something that does not exist. That
attribute can only be applied to files and it's showing on a folder is
inconsequential to the files within it.

You can't change the attribute at the folder level because it doesn't
exist. It appears there because a folder has been customized.

Even though it appears on the folder, it does not apply to the files
within it.

More on this non-problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/
Click to expand...

The Read-Only attribute does exist for folders. You just cannot modify it
within Explorer. All the User Shell Folders in the Users folder has the
Read Only attribute set, and I set it for all folder that I apply custom
icons to, using desktop.ini files to point to the icon location.

ss.
 
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