Folder Attributes - Unable to change

[Victor Papa]

In XP I had my music collection on a seperate hard drive to the main system
disk. Before installing Vista HP, I disconnected the drive before
reconnecting it once the installation was complete. Now, whilst I can access
the music files, I cannot rip any more to the Music folder on the drive. I
looked at the Folder Attributes and they were set as Read Only but even if I
click this off, I cannot change the setting because when I close the
Properties window, it reverts back to Read Only.

Any ideas?

Victor

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

Turn off Access Control. This is what causes more problems except for Adobe
which requires it to run to install the PDF reader.

As for the attributes on the folders, I have tried but no good. It seems to
be just another Vista "feature"

Lloyd Sheen

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

The read-only attribute on a folder has no effect on your ability to
save/create files & folders. It just tells Windows to process the
desktop.ini file found within the folder.

The problem you're experiencing most likely deals with permissions.
Right-click on the drive icon, open the 'Properties' dialog, and select the
'Security' tab. Hi-lite 'Users', click 'Edit', and check 'Full Control' and
Apply.

 

[Victor Papa]

Keith,

Many thanks for your valued advice - it worked.

Regards

Victor

The read-only attribute on a folder has no effect on your ability to
save/create files & folders. It just tells Windows to process the
desktop.ini file found within the folder.

The problem you're experiencing most likely deals with permissions.
Right-click on the drive icon, open the 'Properties' dialog, and select
the 'Security' tab. Hi-lite 'Users', click 'Edit', and check 'Full
Control' and Apply.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

In XP I had my music collection on a seperate hard drive to the main
system disk. Before installing Vista HP, I disconnected the drive before
reconnecting it once the installation was complete. Now, whilst I can
access the music files, I cannot rip any more to the Music folder on the
drive. I looked at the Folder Attributes and they were set as Read Only
but even if I click this off, I cannot change the setting because when I
close the Properties window, it reverts back to Read Only.

Any ideas?

Victor

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

You're welcome. Glad it's fixed.

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

Keith,

Many thanks for your valued advice - it worked.

Regards

Victor

The read-only attribute on a folder has no effect on your ability to
save/create files & folders. It just tells Windows to process the
desktop.ini file found within the folder.

The problem you're experiencing most likely deals with permissions.
Right-click on the drive icon, open the 'Properties' dialog, and select
the 'Security' tab. Hi-lite 'Users', click 'Edit', and check 'Full
Control' and Apply.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

In XP I had my music collection on a seperate hard drive to the main
system disk. Before installing Vista HP, I disconnected the drive before
reconnecting it once the installation was complete. Now, whilst I can
access the music files, I cannot rip any more to the Music folder on the
drive. I looked at the Folder Attributes and they were set as Read Only
but even if I click this off, I cannot change the setting because when I
close the Properties window, it reverts back to Read Only.

Any ideas?

Victor