Read-Only Green Checkbox

[James Y.]

In Windows Explorer, there appears to be a 3-way checkbox
associated with the Read-Only attribute; empty, green
checkmark, and filled with green square.

Please explain the filled green square.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Means that subfolders may have different settings.
You really don't need to worry about folders being marked "read only" - that
doesn't really matter. The real issue is with share/NTFS permissions.

 

[Phil]

Filled green square is indeterminate(means nothing really).
XP does this by design. In XP the read only attribute on a folder is only
used by explorer to see if the folder is a special or a system folder. Read
up on it:
For XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326549