Read only files

[Guest]

We have a network at work. I got a new computer, and when I copied my
files,(Quite a few of them) from the old computer to the new one, they
changed to read only. Now my helper cannot change anything on them. I have
tried to change them from read only but it is not working..What is the best
way to change many files at once?

 

[Patrick Keenan]

We have a network at work. I got a new computer, and when I copied my
files,(Quite a few of them) from the old computer to the new one, they
changed to read only. Now my helper cannot change anything on them. I
have
tried to change them from read only but it is not working..What is the
best
way to change many files at once?

Go to the folder where the files are with a command prompt. Use the attrib
command to change the file permissions.

attrib *.* -r

add the /S switch at the end if you need to process subfolders.

attrib /? will show you the full syntax.

However, if the files have been copied to a network drive that has
restricted permissions based on user accounts, this may not work at all.
In that case you will have to either copy the files to a location where
restrictions don't apply to your accounts or have the restrictions changed.
Discuss with your network administrators.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

:Thank you Patrick. I will try that on Monday. Is
there no way to do it within the Windows Professional XP system? I
appreciate the assistance.

 

[Zilbandy]

Thank you Patrick. I will try that on Monday. Is
there no way to do it within the Windows Professional XP system? I
appreciate the assistance.

Open Windows Explorer (right click on Start, then choose "Explore"),
navigate to the files in question, highlight them by selecting the
files to change, or hit <ctrl-A> to highlight them all, then, right
click on the highlighted files, choose "Properties" and under the
"General" catagory, uncheck the box that says "Read Only".