Re: Windows XP "read only"

"Wiley C" <WileyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On PC 1, the folder is "read only". I have unchecked "read only" on
> the folder, applied the change to the folder sub-folder & files. When
> I re-open the folder, using network places [ drive is NOT mapped ],
> read only is again selected.

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

> I am able to edit the files. The changes are saved,

Note that (almost) no program cares if a folder has the read-only
attribute. In addition, the WinXP 'traffic light' is misleading.
Check with the ATTRIB command at the command prompt and you will see
that the folders do not have the read-only (R) attribute, most likely.

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