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Read Only Issues
  1. #1



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    Read Only Issues

    Hello everybody,

    I recently purchased a hp laptop running Vista Home Premium. I've been quite pleased, but have a minor issue with the read only permissions. While trying to move a file in an .iso image on a virtual drive, Vista said it needed permission to preform the action. I clicked the allow button, and it seemed to continue, only to tell me moments later that I needed permission. I looked into the issue, and discovered that the folders were both read-only, an attribute I've tried to remove several times. Any ideas? And yes, I am logged in as the admin.

    Thanks in advance,
    QuantumDawn


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    Re: Read Only Issues

    QuantumDawn:

    Have you taken ownership of the file?

    Take Ownership of file


    Ardneh

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    Re: Read Only Issues

    If the ISO file is in an emulated CD/DVD drive, then it's likely that the drive is locked into ReadOnly mode as a regular CD/DVD would be when in a regular CD/DVD drive.

    Copy the ISO to your VM's Desktop and see if that fixes it.

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    Re: Read Only Issues

    Hello again,

    Thank you so much for all the advice. The virtual drive was locked in Read Only, so I unpacked the ISO and sorted out the files through there.

    Happy detonations

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