readonly flag

[kjetil1001]

Help!

I have microsoft windows XP home edition with latest updates. A few
days ago,
the system changed "by itself". For all the folders, the read-only
flag
is turned one, and if I turn it off, it turns itself on immediately!
So I cannot save changes to
documents. What to do?

I have run all my antivirus programs, they find nothing.

Kjetil

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "kjetil1001" <[email protected]>

| Help!
|
| I have microsoft windows XP home edition with latest updates. A few
| days ago,
| the system changed "by itself". For all the folders, the read-only
| flag
| is turned one, and if I turn it off, it turns itself on immediately!
| So I cannot save changes to
| documents. What to do?
|
| I have run all my antivirus programs, they find nothing.
|
| Kjetil

Do nothing. Fiolders may be R/O but the files are sitll R/W.

If you can delete the folder and/or write to a file within said folder... where's the
problem ?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Help!

I have microsoft windows XP home edition with latest updates. A few
days ago,
the system changed "by itself". For all the folders, the read-only
flag
is turned one, and if I turn it off, it turns itself on immediately!
So I cannot save changes to
documents. What to do?

Do nothing. This is completely normal, and you are mistaken--it didn't
change.

Your folders are not read-only. The read-only flag doesn't apply to
folders.

 

[kjetil1001]

Do nothing. This is completely normal, and you are mistaken--it didn't
change.

Your folders are not read-only. The read-only flag doesn't apply to
folders.

Thanks, but it did change!
To be specific, I use latex to write math documents with the miktex
system and the
Texcniccenter TEX editor. When I edit a file, try to rerun TEX on
it,the Texcniccenter editor
will write out all changed file before rerunning latex. TexnicCenter
says it is not allowed
to write out the changed file.that did'nt happen before!

Kjetil

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "kjetil1001" <[email protected]>


|
| Thanks, but it did change!
| To be specific, I use latex to write math documents with the miktex
| system and the
| Texcniccenter TEX editor. When I edit a file, try to rerun TEX on
| it,the Texcniccenter editor
| will write out all changed file before rerunning latex. TexnicCenter
| says it is not allowed
| to write out the changed file.that did'nt happen before!
|
| Kjetil

Find another reason for that problem. As Ken Blake noted, this is the way the OS works and
is normal.