"Access is denied" error.

[David]

Hi,

This may help..

"A folder itself cannot be made read-only. Nevertheless,
the properties dialog box for a folder does include a
read-only check box. You can use this check box to set or
clear the read-only attribute for all existing files in
the selected folder. This action has no bearing on files
that you create subsequently.
In most cases, when you open the properties dialog box
for a folder, the Read-Only check box will contain a
green square. This indicates either a mixed or
undetermined condition. Windows displays the green square
in a folder's properties dialog box because it would take
too long to check the state of the read-only attribute
for every file in the folder. To apply the read-only
attribute to the contents of a folder, click the check
box until a check mark appears. To clear the attribute,
click the check box until it is empty. In both cases,
when you leave the dialog box, Windows will ask whether
you want to apply your action to subfolders of the
selected folder or only to the selected folder's files."

(MS-press piece)

-David
>-----Original Message-----
>When I attempt to remove the "read only" attribute from
My Documents or certain
>files, I get the following message: "An error occurred
applying attributes to
>the file. Access is denied". The certain files that I
refer to, are files that
>I create as Word documents, save and then move to
another folder, once I move
>them, I can no longer open them or move them back. Even
an MP3 file that I moved
>to another location is no longer accessable. I'm logged
on as the administrator
>so I do not understand why I cannot change the
attributes. I'm running XP Home
>Edition 2002 with SP1. Any help would be appreciated.
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