Folders appear Read Only and Cannot delete

[Guest]

Hi,

Suddenly all my folders seem to have the Read Only box Ticked and Color is
that of the Disabled, though the Check Box is not.

I tried to change the settings, it allows but When I refresh the same old
Read Only is set.

I have Administrator Priviledges. But everytime I delete the Folder, the
message I get is "Being used by", though I have checked the Processes and
couldn't find one

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

See this article for an explanation of why all folders appear to have the read only attribute set.

You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

If you can give us some more details about the problem, there may be an easy answer.
Name of the folder.
The program that created it.
How are you trying to delete the folder.