Re: Read Only

JCO wrote:
Why does every folder show up as Read Only.
This is the case even after ensuring that nothing is read only.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
They are not read-only. Notice that the read-only flag is gray,
not black. The gray means "not applicable." The read-only
attribute is not used for folders.

Read here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/

JCO wrote:
The problem is that I can't change it.
If I clear the box, then apply to all sub folders/files, then
recheck it, it shows up as read only again.

Did you bother to read the web page that was given in this thread twice by
two different posters?

You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/
(Three times...)

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