Making folders and sub-folders and files NOT read-only

[Joe Cocovich]

I select a folder. I right click my mouse on that folder
and select properties. I uncheck the Read Only checkbox.
I click on Apply. I check the option that asks if I also
want to make all sub-folders and files under this folder
not read-only also. I click apply. Windows chugs away for
a few seconds. I go back and check the original folder.
It is still read-only. I check the sub-folder, they are
still read-only. I reboot my machine. I go back and check
the folders and sub-folders. They are still read-only.
What is the magic word to make this work properly?

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

Ignore that setting--it does not apply.
The files aren't read only even though the folder says they are.

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
[url]http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm[/url]
Expert Zone - [url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
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"Joe Cocovich" <jcocovich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I select a folder. I right click my mouse on that folder
> and select properties. I uncheck the Read Only checkbox.
> I click on Apply. I check the option that asks if I also
> want to make all sub-folders and files under this folder
> not read-only also. I click apply. Windows chugs away for
> a few seconds. I go back and check the original folder.
> It is still read-only. I check the sub-folder, they are
> still read-only. I reboot my machine. I go back and check
> the folders and sub-folders. They are still read-only.
> What is the magic word to make this work properly?

[Joe Cocovich]

Thanks for your response Larry. Actually some of the
stuff Bill Gates' software does is rather comical and
entertaining. I did find that the individual files seem
to have the read only option reset but I wasn't sure I
wanted to actually test it by trying to delete the files
and folders. I will go ahead and load up the C++ projects
in the folders and actually attempt to compile them to
test if executables really get created. Then I'll attempt
to modify some of the C++ source as another test.
Sometimes I just gotta laugh at what Microsoft releases
as "working" software. Programming certainly would be
boring if I didn't get to use Microsoft products.
Thanks,
Joe

>-----Original Message-----
>Ignore that setting--it does not apply.
>The files aren't read only even though the folder says

they are.

>
>--
>Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
>Associate Expert
>Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
>[url]http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm[/url]
>Expert Zone - [url]www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone[/url]
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>"Joe Cocovich" <jcocovich@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:4ac601c3411b$aae34790$a401280a@phx.gbl...

>> I select a folder. I right click my mouse on that

folder

>> and select properties. I uncheck the Read Only

checkbox.

>> I click on Apply. I check the option that asks if I

also

>> want to make all sub-folders and files under this

folder

>> not read-only also. I click apply. Windows chugs away

for

>> a few seconds. I go back and check the original folder.
>> It is still read-only. I check the sub-folder, they are
>> still read-only. I reboot my machine. I go back and

check

>> the folders and sub-folders. They are still read-only.
>> What is the magic word to make this work properly?

>
>
>.
>

[Malvern]

"larry samuels MS-MVP (XP Shell/User)" <larry@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Ignore that setting--it does not apply.
> The files aren't read only even though the folder says they are.
>
> --

That explains why I can go into and do what I want to a so-called "Read
only" folder. In 9x, that item had to be checkmark by me and it stuck until
undone. Another Gates "bug" ? Agree with Joe's comment about the hilarity
of it all.

Malv