Read Only Issue

[Tim]

I am running Windows XP SP1 on my desktop. Every folder
has "read-only" attribute turned on for every folder on
the C: drive.

When I turn off read only from the folder or the command
line the "read-only" turns itself back on in every folder.

What can I Do?

 

[Ken Blake]

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I am running Windows XP SP1 on my desktop. Every folder
has "read-only" attribute turned on for every folder on
the C: drive.

No, it doesn't.
If you'll look more closely at the check mark in that Read-Only
box, you'll see that it's gray, not black. You can also verify
this by clicking a few times in the box; it will cycle among
*three* states: unchecked, checked in black, and checked in gray.

A black check means the item is read-only and an unchecked box
means it's not read-only. But the gray check means that it's
neither: the read-only attribute is not pertinent to folders.

So no, your folders aren't read-only, and what you are seeing is
perfectly normal. There's nothing to worry about and nothing to
fix.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I am running Windows XP SP1 on my desktop. Every folder
has "read-only" attribute turned on for every folder on
the C: drive.

Read only is an attribute that has no meaning for folders (the
directories are always open for writing), and XP makes an alternative
use of it. You can change it and on Apply it will ask if you want the
change applied to all contained objects, but the display of it for the
folder will revert to greyed