Folder read only attribute cannot be check even after reading wat ms recomends

[mano kumar]

hello dear friends,
thanks for all the help earlier to help me UNCHECKED the
read only attribute. but sadly, non of the solutions
worked for me, lots of people have recomemded me reading
this article,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;326549

the symptoms were the same...
i did what the article told and it was very easy, there
only problem is, nothing happend.
i type attrib -r c:/data
nothing happends
i type attrib -h c:/data and the file goes hidden.
so it proves that i'm working on the right folder and it
really works with -h but why not -r?

thanks for the reply once again
is there a work around for this? i'm really lost.

mk

 

[Bill Gates]

Dear Mano,

Type this command attrib -h -s -r c:\data
this command will resolve your issue.

 

[mano kumar]

hello, and thanks for the reply.
as i have mention, i tried the solution given and also the
solution given by you, nothing happend the read only
attribute is still unchecked. whyis that?

 

[dev]

mano kumar said:

Thanks for all the help earlier to help me UNCHECKED the
read only attribute. But sadly, non of the solutions
worked for me, lots of people have recommended me reading
this article,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;326549

the symptoms were the same...
I did what the article told and it was very easy, there
only problem is, nothing happened.
I type attrib -r c:/data
nothing happens
I type attrib -h c:/data and the file goes hidden,
so it proves that I'm working on the right folder and it
really works with -h but why not -r?

The directory (folder) READ ONLY attribute can't be changed, according to
reports from knowledgable sources in this group; it's the way the system
operates. However, the attribute of individual files can be changed.

 

[Alex Nichol]

hello dear friends,
thanks for all the help earlier to help me UNCHECKED the
read only attribute. but sadly, non of the solutions
worked for me, lots of people have recomemded me reading
this article,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;326549

The article is rather misleading, because if explorer subsequently finds
it wants to make its own uses of that bit, then it will make them. The
attribute is not meaningful for folders, and XP makes its own use of the
bit. This does not stop you changing it in exp[lorer, and propagating
the result to all files within, but a folder is *never* read-only,
because you can always update the directories within it (and the system
is constantly doing so)