Re: File protection problem

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Are the files on an NTFS file system? Are you the creator/owner of the file?
If NTFS and you are not the owner, you may need to take ownership of the
files. On the other hand you may have a virus that is affecting these files.

Paul
"AWJ" <ajury@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is an ongoing problem I am experiancing and can't seem to fix. I have
> some file folders that won't let me open, move or delete any of the files
> or subfolders. I can't drag and drop them either. I have the files backed
> up by Windows Backup and if I restore them to a tempory file I can use
> them but if I restore them to the parent folder where they were originally
> backed up I can't. This is the same folder that I am having the problem
> with but not all files in it are affected and some subfolders work just
> fine. If I look at the attributes of the affected files and folders they
> indicate they are Read Only. If I clear this setting it appears to work
> but when I go back and check after closing the Property Window they are
> Read Only files again. I am running MS XP home and most of the files
> affected are MS Word documents. What am I missing?
>


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