write protected files everywhere

[Guest]

I have write protected files everywhere on the hard disk and I am not able to
change this attribute. It would always go back to write protected. This
causes me to have problems with some programs. Can someone help me please.

 

[Richard Urban]

Examples (file names) and locations (folders) are always good to know.

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Richard Urban
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[Vanguard]

I have write protected files everywhere on the hard disk and I am not able
to
change this attribute. It would always go back to write protected. This
causes me to have problems with some programs. Can someone help me please.

If you have an admin account, you can change the permissions on those
folders or files. Otherwise, you'll have to contact your admin to discuss
how the product should get installed for use by you.

 

[Guest]

It was on the PC of my dad and Video Deluxe said it cant record the video
file in the folder "my videos" because it is write protected. But all the
directories are write protected and it doesnt help to uncheck it in the
properties window of the said folder. It always goes back to write protected.
However, with another program we could record in this folder so I dont know
whats the problem. Back at home i see that all my folders are write protected
but i had never problems writing files to such folders so i dont know what
this protection is for...

 

[Richard Urban]

Right click on the file in question. Go to properties. If the file is not
tagged with a tic in the write protect box - it isn't. I'm betting it isn't.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Vanguard]

Right click on the file in question. Go to properties. If the file is not
tagged with a tic in the write protect box - it isn't. I'm betting it
isn't.

Huh? Write protect on a folder/file that is on a hard drive? Write protect
is some physical or electrical function afforded by the device or its
driver.. There is no write-protect attribute for folders and files. There
is also not write-protect function for a hard drive because you must be able
to always write to it. Maybe you meant that the user did not have Write
permission (i.e., write denied, but that is not the same as write-protect).

Since dad can run the software, he has sufficient permissions to its files.
If he cannot save files into a My Videos folder, maybe permissions are
screwed up on that folder (and, if so, on lots of others under his profile
path). Maybe he is using a My Videos path under some other account's
profile under which is not logged in (i.e., he logs in under account-A and
wants to use My Videos under account-B). Even if dad has an admin-level
account, permissions can still lock out admin accounts. Check permissions.

 

[Guest]

The folders are all tagged but they dont have all a R attribute... So I'll
tell to my Dad to record in folder with no R attribute. It's neverthless
strange that it's not possible to remove this R for the folder "my videos".

 

[Vanguard]

The folders are all tagged but they dont have all a R attribute... So I'll
tell to my Dad to record in folder with no R attribute. It's neverthless
strange that it's not possible to remove this R for the folder "my
videos".

Read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256614/en-us.

You don't need to remove the "R" attribute (which is really the read-only
attribute) for a folder. The read-only attribute has nothing to do with
permissions on that folder which dictate whether or not you can create,
modify, or delete files under that folder. File attributes are NOT the same
as file permissions. Go under the Security tab for the properties of the
folder to check its permissions.

 

[Guest]

Yes of course its the read only attribute (in German this is called
Schreibschutz which literally means write protection) and I also meant
folders not files. Sorry for the confusion. I hope it will work with a new
folder.

Thank you for the help