Read-only attribute in shared docs

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Doug Day

This attribute keeps getting set somehow almost immediately after I apply
it to SharedDocuments and all subfolders and files. I did the operation as
Administrator. Strangely it's grayed out, indicating I suppose that not
everything is read only.

Would this happen if there were shortcuts pointing to things outside of
Shared Documents?
Are there other possible reasons?

Doug
 
Doug Day said:
This attribute keeps getting set somehow almost immediately after I
apply it to SharedDocuments and all subfolders and files. I did the
operation as Administrator. Strangely it's grayed out, indicating I
suppose that not everything is read only.
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Double-check with the Explorer if the files have really the read-only
attribute (R): Menu View > Choose Details > Attribute > tick.
 
Detlev Dreyer said:
Double-check with the Explorer if the files have really the read-only
attribute (R): Menu View > Choose Details > Attribute > tick.
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Should read: Double-check with the Explorer if the files and folders really
have the read-only attribute (R) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
Doug Day said:
This attribute keeps getting set somehow almost immediately after I apply
it to SharedDocuments and all subfolders and files. I did the operation as
Administrator. Strangely it's grayed out, indicating I suppose that not
everything is read only.
Click to expand...

It's grayed out for a reason. Read-only generally does not apply to
folders in Windows. That box allows you to set or clear the read-only
flag for *all* files in the directory (and optionally all
subdirectories). It does not show, and cannot be used to set, the
read-only property of the folder itself.

Look here: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326549 for more discussion
of this.
 
The files don't have the read only attribute set. It's set with a greyed out
check mark for folders. It can be unset but gets set again automatically
somehow.
 
Doug Day said:
The files don't have the read only attribute set. It's set with a
greyed out check mark for folders. It can be unset but gets set again
automatically somehow.
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This tri-state checkbox is confusing you. Why don't you follow the advice
to add the "Attribute" detail to the Explorer and you will see that neither
the files nor the folders have the read-only flag.
 
The "tickbox" on folder properties is not indicating anything at all
when it is gray.(As in indeterminate, i.e. means nothing) You may USE it
to SET or UNSET Read-only on the files contained in the folder. That is
the ONLY purpose it serves.
 
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