Re: "Read Only" folders and files

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You've lost me on the "parent" and going back to the volume permission: the
effort appears greater than to recreate the files. I long for the good old
days of DOS, when computers did only what you told them to do: it's the only
OS MS came up with that was any good. Thanks for the effort, Jim.
Leon.

"Jim" wrote:


"Leon" <Leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I like your optimism, Jim (much harder to correct?); The files within the
folder marked "Read Only" have no attributes checked, but when I try to
open
them (the .xls files) Excel comes up and gives me a message "This file
cannot
be opened, it may be a Read Only or you may be trying to access a Read
Only
location". Thus I assumed that the Read Only attribute on the folder was
the
culprit, if not, I'm really at a loss, except that it may me an MS trick.
I followed the instructions in the article suggested by Gerry to take
"ownership" to no avail, I'd like to publish one of those files to give
you a
chance at it, but it has info that bad guys can use. Appreciate your
effort.
Leon

Have you checked the permissions on the folder and file? Files in a folder
inherit permissions
from the parent; sometimes you must go all the way back to the volume
permissions.
Note that these permissions override what you see in the file properties
box.
Jim
"Jim" wrote:


"Leon" <Leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The boot section on my HDD failed, and had to use my other computer to
extract the files using a commercial program. After that I reformatted
the
failed disk, loaded XP and used the HDD from my other computer,
installed
as
a slave to copy the recovered files. That worked OK, but all Excell
folders
as well as some other files (not all) have the "read only" attribute.
Going
to "properties" and unchecking "read only" appears to work, but when I
check
the folders & files they're still "read only" and won't open. Tried the
DOS
ATTRIB command with the same results as above.
Did I run into some Microsoft anti-copying function? How can I get
those
files to open?
All folders have the readonly box checked, but XP ignores this setting.
Files, however, are a different matter. The readonly attribute for files
is
strictly
enforced. You just take ownership of the miscreant files, and correct
the
permissions.
And, if MS were in the anti-copying mode, they would certainly use a
method
that is
much harder to correct.
Jim






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