Paul Stevens
April 3rd 03, 04:15 PM
No that is not it, must be some obscure setting squirrelled away somewhere.
I have no problem uodating the breifcase when I change files on the desk top
but if I change tem on the laptop and try and sync back to the desktop I get
the read-only error.
"Lowland" > wrote in message
...
> Probably at a higher level than My Documents
>
> If Read Only is set at root (C:\) folder level, and under advanced is set
to
> propagate to all sub-folders and files, then that will override
>
> BUT
>
> This set-up is not default. Who changed it? There night be a reason for
> it, but I can't think what.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Lowland
> "Tom Porterfield" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The read-only property for folders in Windows explorer isn't accurate.
Is
> > the read-only box really checked or is in mixed state where it isn't
> > either checked or unchecked, just has a small square in the box?
> >
> > If you really want to see if the read-only attribute is set on a folder
> > you'll need to do that from the command prompt. Open a command prompt
> > window and navigate to your profile directory. Generally this will be
> > C:\Documents and Settings\[user]. There you can type the following
> > command to see what attributes are set:
> >
> > attrib "my documents"
> >
> > If there is an R out to the left before the folder name in the output of
> > the above command, then the read-only attribute is set, otherwise it is
> > not set. You can also remove the read-only attribute from there:
> >
> > attrib -r "my documents"
> >
> > --
> > Tom Porterfield
> > Windows XP / Smart Display MVP
> > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support
> >
> > Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
> >
> > "Paul Stevens" > wrote in message
> > . au...
> > > I cannot seam to remove the "read-only" attribute of folders. I need
all
> > > my
> > > folders and files located in "My Documetns" not to be "read-only" so I
> > > can
> > > syc with a laptop thru briedfcase.
> > >
> > > I have selected all the folders and files in "My Documents" and then
> > > selected properties and unclicked the "read-only" tick box. However
> > > everytime I do this the folders revert back to "Read-Only". I am
logged
> > > in
> > > as administrator so I am stumped to what is causing this.
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
I have no problem uodating the breifcase when I change files on the desk top
but if I change tem on the laptop and try and sync back to the desktop I get
the read-only error.
"Lowland" > wrote in message
...
> Probably at a higher level than My Documents
>
> If Read Only is set at root (C:\) folder level, and under advanced is set
to
> propagate to all sub-folders and files, then that will override
>
> BUT
>
> This set-up is not default. Who changed it? There night be a reason for
> it, but I can't think what.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Lowland
> "Tom Porterfield" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The read-only property for folders in Windows explorer isn't accurate.
Is
> > the read-only box really checked or is in mixed state where it isn't
> > either checked or unchecked, just has a small square in the box?
> >
> > If you really want to see if the read-only attribute is set on a folder
> > you'll need to do that from the command prompt. Open a command prompt
> > window and navigate to your profile directory. Generally this will be
> > C:\Documents and Settings\[user]. There you can type the following
> > command to see what attributes are set:
> >
> > attrib "my documents"
> >
> > If there is an R out to the left before the folder name in the output of
> > the above command, then the read-only attribute is set, otherwise it is
> > not set. You can also remove the read-only attribute from there:
> >
> > attrib -r "my documents"
> >
> > --
> > Tom Porterfield
> > Windows XP / Smart Display MVP
> > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support
> >
> > Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
> >
> > "Paul Stevens" > wrote in message
> > . au...
> > > I cannot seam to remove the "read-only" attribute of folders. I need
all
> > > my
> > > folders and files located in "My Documetns" not to be "read-only" so I
> > > can
> > > syc with a laptop thru briedfcase.
> > >
> > > I have selected all the folders and files in "My Documents" and then
> > > selected properties and unclicked the "read-only" tick box. However
> > > everytime I do this the folders revert back to "Read-Only". I am
logged
> > > in
> > > as administrator so I am stumped to what is causing this.
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>