Read only Settings of folder not getting removed

[rad]

hi all,
I have a small problem in windows 2000 Server Machine.
Few of my project folders have become read only ie the Attribute of the

folder have been set to read only automatically. When i try remove it
,its gets removed with a message of apply only to this folder or all
folders within... I select apply to all folders within...But again the
Main project folder gets set to read only automatically as soon as i
remove the read only attribute...
the folders within this main project folders are not read only but only

the mail folder has been set to read only.... just don't know how to
get rid of this problem...I don't face much of a problem saving in this

folder but i cannot customised the folder.
Plz anyone knows the solution?


RAD

 

[Dave Patrick]

The read-only attribute for a folder is typically ignored by Windows.

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:
| hi all,
| I have a small problem in windows 2000 Server Machine.
| Few of my project folders have become read only ie the Attribute of the
|
| folder have been set to read only automatically. When i try remove it
| ,its gets removed with a message of apply only to this folder or all
| folders within... I select apply to all folders within...But again the
| Main project folder gets set to read only automatically as soon as i
| remove the read only attribute...
| the folders within this main project folders are not read only but only
|
| the mail folder has been set to read only.... just don't know how to
| get rid of this problem...I don't face much of a problem saving in this
|
| folder but i cannot customised the folder.
| Plz anyone knows the solution?
|
|
| RAD
|

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Open a CMD.EXE window and type:
for /f "Tokens=*" %a in ('dir c:\ /b /s /a /ard') do attrib -r "%a"

hi all,
I have a small problem in windows 2000 Server Machine.
Few of my project folders have become read only ie the Attribute of the

folder have been set to read only automatically. When i try remove it
,its gets removed with a message of apply only to this folder or all
folders within... I select apply to all folders within...But again the
Main project folder gets set to read only automatically as soon as i
remove the read only attribute...
the folders within this main project folders are not read only but only

the mail folder has been set to read only.... just don't know how to
get rid of this problem...I don't face much of a problem saving in this

folder but i cannot customised the folder.
Plz anyone knows the solution?


RAD

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

 

[Bob]

Open a CMD.EXE window and type:
for /f "Tokens=*" %a in ('dir c:\ /b /s /a /ard') do attrib -r "%a"

Interesting... I see your technique - but why doesn't it work through
the explorer interface ? I've run into this same issue myself. See
"read only", remove it, it's gone. Close the window and go look
again... it returns! Is it like the old DOS days and you have to
remove the "system" attribute too to make it stick ?