Folder read only Attribute ( WINXP)

[Tcomm]

Good day,

On a network drive my folder properties have the read
only attribute checked. When I change it and apply the
changes to all sub files and folders it goes through and
does the change. However after that, if I go back into
the folder it is still read only. The folder is on a
WIN2K server. this only occurs on my WINXP Pro machine.
On any other machine the folders do not show as read only.
I show as having full control over the folder if I look
at my permissions.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Tcomm

 

[David Candy]

XP won't tell you the read only attribute on a folder. Why? Because people like you went around changing them in earlier versions and breaking windows. Read Only has no meaning on a folder. It's spare so it's iused for something else.

 

[dev]

Tcomm said:

On a network drive my folder properties have the read
only attribute checked. When I change it and apply the
changes to all sub files and folders it goes through and
does the change. However after that, if I go back into
the folder it is still read only. The folder is on a
WIN2K server. this only occurs on my WINXP Pro machine.
On any other machine the folders do not show as read only.
I show as having full control over the folder if I look
at my permissions.

That's normal for XP directories (folders). The files themselves can be
changed...

Select them all, then right-click and choose PROPERTIES. Remove the READ
ONLY checkmark.

 

[purplehaz]

XP just marks all folders indeterminate by default. It is a tri-state check
box. Colored in is indeterminate, checked is read-only, unchecked is normal.
The folders are not read-only and should work as normal. Just ignore the
read-only box on folders. If you have a piece of software that is having
problems writing to a folder then try to get an xp
compatible version of the program. Or post the exact problems you're having.
Most likely if it is a well written app then is it not the read-only check
box, more likely a permissions setting.

Here is some info on it:

XP does this by design. In XP the read only attribute
is only used by explorer to see if the folder is a special or a system
folder. Read up on it:
For XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326549
or for other win versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;256614

File permissions info:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418