Re: READ ONLY files when copying to CDs

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/30/04

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    Greetings --

        What'd you expect? CD-ROMs _are_ Read Only. That's what the name
    means.

    Bruce Chambers 

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"Donna" <dtesch@mn.rr.com> wrote in message 
news:8675E49B-128E-459A-84EE-29A404F7AC8B@microsoft.com...
>I am using Family Tree Maker for Genealogy.  When I try to back it up 
>to a CD the file always is Read Only.  The same with anything else 
>that I want to put on a CD.  How do I change the Read Only 
>attributes?  I go through the procedure, but the next time it always 
>reverts back to Read Only. The Read Only files give me a message that 
>they are Read Only and new information will not be saved.  I've also 
>gotten messages such as "you do not have permission to open this 
>file" when I am trying to save something to the CD. What am I doing 
>wrong or how can I use these read only files should it become 
>necessary.
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