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| Guest | Write protection won't stop 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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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop 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 news:14030DEE-76A4-4415-ACBA-8556AD3BB2A1@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop 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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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop 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. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Tobbe" <Tobbe@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FF8B275C-44C5-48F5-B319-3C263556F879@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop Hmm, my last response disappeared with an "unknown error". Anyway, trying agin. I'm trying to change the attributes of some MP3 files on my external hard drive (F . This because one of my audio softwares complain that it can'twrite song info (bpm etc.) to the files. I've marked all the files, right-clicked and un-ticked the "read only" box, but I still get the same error from the program. When trying the same thing on the whole folder (and choose "apply to folder and sub-folders") I get the above error. I don't know if it matters, but all my hard drives (one internal and two external via USB 2) has the same file system; NTFS. I'm also confused by the "access denied" error when using cmd.exe. I go to the start menu, fill in "cmd" in the search field, and get cmd.exe as the answer. I double-click it, and try to cfhange the attributes with the same result - access denied. "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop Tobbe I'm npot sure what is causing the 'unknown error'? When you start the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) instead of double clicking cmd.exe to start it, try right clicking and select the 'Run As Administrator' option. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Tobbe" <Tobbe@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9C46C05A-C02D-4C04-A465-A53641CC4FFC@xxxxxx
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| Guest | RE: Write protection won't stop Hi again! Thanks for trying to help me. I wasn't very clear in my last post; the unknown error was when I tried to post my answer to you, not when trying to remove the "rad only" tag from files/folders. :-) I tried to run cmd.exe as administrator, and it sure was better, since I didn't get any access denied errors. Unfortunately, though, I still have problems. In Tag&Rename I still get the error shown at http://www.soderstromsounds.se/error.jpg. Same thing in other programs who tries to change files, i.e. Photoshop or even MS Word. Creating new files are no problem, it's just changing existing ones which are a problem. And only on F: (external hard drive, USB). Hard nut to crack, but does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Tobbe "Tobbe" wrote:
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| Guest | Re: Write protection won't stop Hi again! Thanks for trying to help me. I wasn't very clear in my last post; the unknown error was when I tried to post my answer to you, not when trying to remove the "rad only" tag from files/folders. :-) I tried to run cmd.exe as administrator, and it sure was better, since I didn't get any access denied errors. Unfortunately, though, I still have problems. In Tag&Rename I still get the error shown at http://www.soderstromsounds.se/error.jpg. Same thing in other programs who tries to change files, i.e. Photoshop or even MS Word. Creating new files are no problem, it's just changing existing ones which are a problem. And only on F: (external hard drive, USB). Hard nut to crack, but does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Tobbe "Tobbe" wrote:
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