Newly upgraded Dell Latitude 810 laptop; XP pro up from 2K Pro. FIle system
is NTFS

If I select a folder & open "properties", the "read only" box is
half-checked - i.e., there's a grey check mark (which I'm used to seeing to
indicate that some but not all of the files in the folder are read-only). I
can click on that mark to clear it, click again to check ti with a black
check mark, and click it yet again to get back to the grey check mark.
Problem is - none of the changes take. When I "OK" the change, the dialog
goes away and I'm right back where I was before - and the same thing will
happen the next time.

I'm logged in as an administrator, and the folder in question is not shared

Any ideas?

If it is one of the folders protected by Windows File Protection, the only
way you can change its r/w attribute is to add it to the exclusion list in
windows\system32\Restore\filelist.xml (or possibly remove it from the
inclusion list). There are separate sections for files and directories.
Note: filelist.xml is hidden, read-only.

- Robert -

"Frank Rowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Newly upgraded Dell Latitude 810 laptop; XP pro up from 2K Pro. FIle
system
> is NTFS
>
> If I select a folder & open "properties", the "read only" box is
> half-checked - i.e., there's a grey check mark (which I'm used to seeing
to
> indicate that some but not all of the files in the folder are read-only).
I
> can click on that mark to clear it, click again to check ti with a black
> check mark, and click it yet again to get back to the grey check mark.
> Problem is - none of the changes take. When I "OK" the change, the dialog
> goes away and I'm right back where I was before - and the same thing will
> happen the next time.
>
> I'm logged in as an administrator, and the folder in question is not
shared
>
> Any ideas?
>
>