Can't Remove Read Only

[Laurence Nuttall]

My win XP is fully patched and service packed.

I am signed on with Administrator Rights.
I cannot remove a read-only setting, on a directory.
the directory is not a system directory.

If I right click, and then go to properties and then clear
the read only setting. I then press apply I get a confirm
attribute panel, I click on apply changes to this folder and
subfolders and files. I click OK.

When I go back into the directory and right click and then go to
properties, the read-only setting is set.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thank You,

Laurence Nuttall
Programmer Analyst III
UCLA - Division of Continuing Education

 

[Ralf Baumhoefer]

Try out the SEARCH-Function of your news-reader and you'll find tons of
entries for this "problem",
which is none, for this ro-attribute for dirs is internally used by XP.

 

[falcon]

And this is preventing you from doing what?

 

[Laurence Nuttall]

It thought it was preventing me from deleting the
directory. However It seems I can delete it now
even thought the setting is still read-only.

 

[Alex Nichol]

If I right click, and then go to properties and then clear
the read only setting. I then press apply I get a confirm
attribute panel, I click on apply changes to this folder and
subfolders and files. I click OK.

When I go back into the directory and right click and then go to
properties, the read-only setting is set.

Read only is an attribute that has no meaning for folders (the
directories are always open for writing), and XP makes an alternative
use of it. You can change it and on Apply it will ask if you want the
change applied to all contained objects, but the display of it for the
folder will revert to greyed

 

[Pat Garard]

You should pay attention:
"> >I cannot remove a read-only setting, on a directory.
An arsehole yet!

Pat Garard
Australia

 

[Pat Garard]

You should learn read:
"> >I cannot remove a read-only setting, on a directory.
Still an ar~ehole!

 

[rifleman]

You should learn read:
"> >I cannot remove a read-only setting, on a directory.

Still an ar~ehole!

read Only is a Windows XP thing. Folders are marked Read-only whether
they are or not. Why? Don't ask me, ask Bill!