Read Only won't go away

  • Thread starter Thread starter Lynn398
  • Start date Start date
L

Lynn398

Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select it and
now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on everything from downloads
to documents and I don't know about until I go in to change something. I go
in unmark the box, click apply, then ok, it closes. I check a little later
and it's back, UUGGHHHH! What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make
my computer stop this?
 
This is normal for folders in Vista. Read only has no meaning for folders.
Notice the box is not checked but just shaded.
 
Then don't bother trying to change the "Read-only" box in the Folder
properties dialog. It doesn't mean what you think it means, and it
doesn't do what you think it does. First it only indicates what will
happen to the files INSIDE the folder in question IF you change the box
AND hit apply or ok. That is it's sole purpose and indicating
properties. It will ALWAYS appear as gray and checked when you open
Folder properties, and it means NOTHING will be changed if you click OK.
 
This is normal for folders in Vista. Read only has no meaning for
folders. Notice the box is not checked but just shaded.
Click to expand...

Or ANY version of windows including XP for the last several revs.
 
Lynn398 said:
Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!!
Click to expand...

Are you talking about read-only on a directory?

There is no read-only attribute for a directory. What you're seeing is
a shortcut to allow you to set or clear the attribute for all files in
the directory.

Each time you display this tab of the properties dialog, you're
looking at a 3-state box in its third state: neither set nor unset. On
my computer that shows as a green blob in the box. Click it once, and
the box is empty, that's the NO state. Click it again and a check
appears, that's the YES state. If you click OK or Apply when the box
is in the YES or NO state, the read-only attribute is set or cleared
(depending on whether you're in YES or NO state) for EVERY file in the
directory. But when you bring the box up again, you will again see it
in the third state.

If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the
result of what you've done.
 
Back
Top