Vista Forces Read-Only File Setting

I've given myself Full Control in every possible way that I could find,
wherever possible, at file, folder and hard drive level.
Yet, no matter what I do, after I uncheck "Read Only", Apply the settings,
and reopen the Properties, the object is "Read Only" once more.

It's getting in the way of most of my applications (and games :P), so I'm
more than willing to do anything I have to in order to solve this issue.

So, my question is: How do I go about giving myself absolute control over
everything so I can force Windows to make all my files read AND write?

Thank you for taking the time to read my question.

Are you talking about folders or files? Folders have been displayed as read
only since XP and possibly earlier. It is ignored by the OS and doesn't
normally cause any problems. If it's files then something else is happening.
You'd have to post more details.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2

"xZephyrx" <xZephyrx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've given myself Full Control in every possible way that I could find,
> wherever possible, at file, folder and hard drive level.
> Yet, no matter what I do, after I uncheck "Read Only", Apply the settings,
> and reopen the Properties, the object is "Read Only" once more.
>
> It's getting in the way of most of my applications (and games :P), so I'm
> more than willing to do anything I have to in order to solve this issue.
>
> So, my question is: How do I go about giving myself absolute control over
> everything so I can force Windows to make all my files read AND write?
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read my question.

Ditto with me- recent Vista x64 user and all my files are read only. The only way I can modify a file is to change its name. I'm given the option in 'properties' to change from read-only but despite a process with a green bar sliding across, nothing changes- all my files remain read only.
Annoying!
As sophisticated as Vista is supposed to be, I can't believe they'd leave me stranded without a paddle like this
jmw

Hi JMW,

Welcome to the Vistax64.com forum.

It depends on what files you are trying to modify.

This tutorial will show you how to set or unset the read-only status of files.

Read-only File and Folder Attribute


You may have to take ownership of the file first, before you can modify it. This tutorial will show you how.

Take Ownership of file

Shawn

Thanks Shawn
Either way, it sounds like quite a road back. The files affected are all my Word files, as well as all files saved in Adobe Photoshop format. How does this happen in the first place? ...and why does Vista seem to offer a simple solution to convert back to 'non-read-only' only to then not change anything?
jmw

JMW,

Not sure, but I suspect that it has something to do with a setting in Word or Adobe Photoshop. I found this article that may help explain it for you. It seems that they can be set as read-only by the write of the files. I do not use these programs, so I do not know for sure.

- Tip of the Day Blog - Read-Only Word*Documents

Hope it helps,
Shawn

Brink despite your tutorial been understanding and very easy to follow it does not work after doing that the settings default back to how they were. if anyone is still having this problem try typing MSCONFIG in to Run box and running it you then need to click on the Tools tab and click Disable UAC and reboot your computer <<<<<NOTE: this will not work for everyone i dont know why not but it just doesnt. Good Luck