"Read Only" access for Non-Admin Users in XP Home

[Guest]

My PC crashed & I had to do a full Windows reload. After I did that and put
my files back on from my back-up CD, the files in the "Shared Documents"
folder open as "Read Only" when any non-Admin user opens them. I check the
"Properties" for the files and the "Read Only" box is NOT checked in the
"Attributes" section. I check the properties of the "Shared Documents"
folder and there is a green box next to "Read Only" which I cannot get rid of
(I delete it and close the properties, but when I re-open it, its back).
The "Shared Documents" folder is in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents
How can I get my PC back so non Admin-users can open files in the "Shared
Documents" folder?

 

[Jim]

My PC crashed & I had to do a full Windows reload. After I did that and
put
my files back on from my back-up CD, the files in the "Shared Documents"
folder open as "Read Only" when any non-Admin user opens them. I check
the
"Properties" for the files and the "Read Only" box is NOT checked in the
"Attributes" section. I check the properties of the "Shared Documents"
folder and there is a green box next to "Read Only" which I cannot get rid
of
(I delete it and close the properties, but when I re-open it, its back).
The "Shared Documents" folder is in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents
How can I get my PC back so non Admin-users can open files in the "Shared
Documents" folder?

Sorry, I only know that the read only attribute of the Shared Documents
folder is not the cause of your problem. All folders on an XP system have
this attribute set.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jim - I figured out the problem, and you're right, that wasn't it. I
appreciate you helping to at least direct me away from what it wasn't