Re: Unable to disable read-only attribute on logical partition

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j-bird wrote:
I understand that. So how do I disable read-only for the files in
that folder?

Either select the folder and click it for Properties, click to remove the
read-only, and it should ask you if you want to include only files in that
folder or all files in all folders; I forget the wording.

Or if that;s confusing, select all the files at once, right click and choose
Properties, remove the read-only from there.

HTH
Pop`


Jay

"Poprivet" wrote:

j-bird wrote:
I created a logical partition which has been mounted to a folder
location on an extended partition. However, the folder/partition
has a read-only attribute assigned to it which I cannot disable.
The operating system is Windows XP SP2. The size of the logical
partition is 150MB. I've tried both IDE and SATA drives to no
avail. Any ideas?

The read only attribute on folders is a misnomer: It is NOT read
only for the folder; you can delete, rename, whatever that folder
without problems. The read only only applies to the files within the
folder.

HTH
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