Directories are neither read only nor not read only. Note that the box is
filled in (color depends on your settings) not empty or checked.
Files can be read only, the idea of read only does not apply to
directories/folders.
"Finnie" <Finnie@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:46A4C578-39D4-42B4-9FC8-BAA248A857D2@newsgroup
> Hi all
>
> I have an Access 2003 app that is set to compact on exit. This fails
> because
> the origional directory (a sub directory of Program Files) seems to
> constantly re-set the Read Only flag. How can I get over this? All my
> other
> machines running XP dont suffer from this problem
>
> Thank you
>
> Fionnbarr Kennedy