Attribute changing app?

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What's anyone's favorite free app for changing the attributes of a bunch
of files contained in a given folder (and preferably subfolders)?

Daze
 
What's anyone's favorite free app for changing the attributes of a bunch
of files contained in a given folder (and preferably subfolders)?
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I normally uses the windows file search function to select the files I want,
then mark all files in the search window,
rightclick,
and set properties.

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard
 
Daze N. Knights said:
What's anyone's favorite free app for changing the attributes of a bunch
of files contained in a given folder (and preferably subfolders)?

Daze
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You don't need any app's;

Start > Run, type: cmd

At the prompt, enter;

cd <path to folder>
attrib <switch> <attribute to clear/set> *.*
exit

****************************************
Switches:
/s : processes sub-folders
/d : processes folders aswell as files

Attributes:
-s : clears the system attribute
-h : clears the hidden attribute
-a : clears the archive attribute
-r : clears the read only attribute

To set an attribute, replace - with + (so -r becomes +r)

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

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Daze said:
What's anyone's favorite free app for changing the attributes of a
bunch of files contained in a given folder (and preferably
subfolders)?
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Attribute Changer. It becomes a shell extension and you can do stuff
with it that you can't with Windows. Like remove the "system"
attribute.

http://webplaza.pt.lu/rpetges/

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dadiOH said:
Attribute Changer. It becomes a shell extension and you can do stuff
with it that you can't with Windows. Like remove the "system"
attribute.

http://webplaza.pt.lu/rpetges/

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Thanks to everyone for your responses. Attribute Changer sounds
interesting, so I'll be giving it a try.

Daze
 
Steven Burn wrote in
Start > Run, type: cmd

At the prompt, enter;

cd <path to folder>
attrib <switch> <attribute to clear/set> *.*
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always works, but for the CLI-inhibited you have:

Attribute Changer
<http://webplaza.pt.lu/rpetges/downloads.html>

Properties Plus
<http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cool/kish/pplusmain.htm>

Add to those, some file-renamers and probably also some filemanagers
(w/integrated rename/search/replace functions) - might offer
change/search/replace on attributes ....

File ReNamers:
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#3.20FileRenamer>

File Managers (dual pane)
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager:Dualpane>

File Managers (single pane)
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager>



(ps to Susan, Attribute Changer not listed in the sub-cat it belongs
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.02FileManagerTool;Attributes>
, but listed here
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.02FileManagerTool>,
where it also belongs - of course :)


All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn said:
(ps to Susan, Attribute Changer not listed in the sub-cat it belongs
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.02FileManagerTool;Attributes>
, but listed here
<http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.02FileManagerTool>,
where it also belongs - of course :)
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Revised. Thank Bjorn. :)

Susan
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