"Read Only" always checked under 'Properties'

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Jim McCants

I have 2 programs that will reset the 'Read Only' option to be blank. BUT -
whenever I come back and check with Windows 'Properties' - it shows the
option to be again checked. But, when I uncheck and follow through with the
option to clear all subdirectories and files - it shows none are unchecked.
I guess meaning that the program I used Atchoo version 1.0 (by David
Cromwell at www.davidcromwell.com) - a really great little program. Does
anyone know why Windows Explorer continues to show that the property is
'Read Only' when it really isn't??

Would appreciate some help in understanding this situation. Thanks in
advance.
Diamond Jim
 
I've had this problem before in Win98. I can't remember what the technical
reasoning was (quite far back), but sometimes, apparently, some files cannot
be reset by windows, for some reason I can't remember, and have to be reset
from the command line, ie: using ATTRIB.

START -> RUN
type "cmd"
type ATTRIB -R <full path name and file name>

eg: ATTRIB -R C:\PROGRA~1\TESTING\TESTFILE.TXT

Don't know if XP's command line can decipher a non-8.3 pathname - never
tried. Otherwise...

eg: ATTRIB -R C:\PROGRAM FILES\TESTING\TESTFILE.TXT

see if that works.

- cuan
 
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