Read only not changing, why is that?

[manokumar]

hiye, i notice that some if not all of my folders in winxp
pro. are set as read only and its giving me some problem
with development. so as the natural thing, i unchecked the
read only option and click apply then click ok. and when i
right click on the same folder again JUST TO MAKE SURE the
read only option is checked AGAIN. so again, unchecked,
and again its check and the cycle repeats. anyway, i'm the
administrator to this computer. so i should have all the
almight power right?

i'm having sleepless nights here, please helpme out..
thanks.


yours truly,
manokumar

 

[Ralf Baumhoefer]

Try out the SEARCH Function and you'll find answers to that issue.
The RO attribute is used internally used by XP for windows layout features.
You can only change it permanently with attrib.exe, but you're not supposed
to do that by MS, unless you really NEED to.

 

[John Dingley]

Are the files under sourcesafe control? If they are that is why they are
being set as read only.

 

[Guest]

nop, its not in sourcesafe, and i;ve already did a search,
but noone seems to know how to deal with it.

 

[Ralf Baumhoefer]

Try this link for example (Remember to search??)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326549

 

[mano kumar]

thanks for all the reply guys. and i've tried out the link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;326549

heres what i got to say about it.. ITS USELESS....


i did what the article told and it was very easy, there
only problem is, nothing happend.
i type attrib -r c:/data
nothing happends
i type attrib -h c:/data and the file goes hidden.
so it proves that i'm working on the right folder and it
really works with -h but why not -r?

thanks for the reply once again


mk

 

[Alex Nichol]

hiye, i notice that some if not all of my folders in winxp
pro. are set as read only and its giving me some problem
with development. so as the natural thing,

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