Re: Directory Read-only Flag Stuck

That flag means nothing. It's only purpose is to allow the user to set or UNset Read-only on the files contained in the folder enmasse. Any problems you are having with programs will be caused by something else, permissions perhaps, but NOT that tick box.

Steve wrote:
I have a couple of large directories in the root of C: that are marked
read-only, for no apparent reason. I didn't explicitly set them that
way, nor did I create them by copying from CD, etc. One is Program
Files; the other is one that I created named Pictures. I'm logged in as
admin, and all admin rights are wide open. When I go to Properties for
either of the directories, I can clear the read-only flag, but when I
apply it and close the properties dialog, the directory is still
read-only. I can create and modify files under those directories, but
certain programs get their undies in a bunch when they see the
read-only flag. What am I missing? Registry editing is fair game
here....

W2K SP4, no programs running that care anything about those
directories, so I'm at a loss to explain or fix it.

Steve Hendrix


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