Re: Changing folder attributes

frankq <frankq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The file is not read-only. The Shared Documents folder properties show that
it is read only, and will not change at all.

To explain this: the folder is not read-only. What you're seeing is a
three-state box in its third state: neither checked nor unchecked.
It's there on the Properties page for the folder to be used as a
shortcut to set or clear the read-only attribute for *all* files in
the folder at once. So you check it (or clear it), click OK, the
action happens for all files. Then you show the folders property page
again and....there's the three-state box in the third state.

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Tim Slattery
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