Tobbe
Are you using an elevated command prompt? Which folders are you trying to
change? What problem are you having with these folders that changing the
attribute would solve?
The bottom line is that the read only setting on folders is redundant. The
only thing that matters is that the files in the folders are not read only
and can be changed/used.
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience
"Tobbe" <Tobbe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thank you for yor answer! When checking the folder with "attrib" in
> cmd.exe,
> it doesn't show as read-only, and when I try to change the attrbute, I get
> an
> "access denied" message. What am I missing here? :-)
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
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>> Tobbe
>>
>> The 'Read Only' attribute for folders is redundant and is ignored by
>> Windows. You will notice that the read only box is filled in, as opposed
>> to
>> having a check mark or being empty.
>>
>> See the following article for a more complete explanation.
>>
>> You cannot view or change the Read Only or the System attributes of
>> folders
>> in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows Vista
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>
>>
>> "Tobbe" <Tobbe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > When I try to turn off thewrite protection on my folders on an USB hard
>> > drive
>> > everything works fine, after the usual security questions, but next
>> > time I
>> > check the folder, it's write protexted agin. How come? I'm logged in
>> > as
>> > an
>> > administrator and don't receive any error messages when trying to turn
>> > off
>> > the write protextion.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Tobbe
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