Ronnie Vernon MVP

Seth

The "N" attribute is set by the Search/Indexing component in Vista.

N = Non indexed file or folder.

You cannot add/delete/change this attribute in the normal way, ie: it cannot
be changed using the attrib command.

To change this attribute, right click the folder/file and select
Properties/General Tab/Advanced Button. In the Archive and Index Attributes
section, place a check mark in the "Index this folder for faster searching"
option. Apply/OK. This will remove the "N" attribute.

To replace the N attribute, simply reverse the procedure.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"seth" <seth@myhouse.org> wrote in message
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>
> does anyone know what the N file attribute is?
> in explorer if i show attributes, more than 90% of the files (and some
> folders) in every directory have the N attribute, in addition to A R H S E
> C that may apply.