Rene Gnam
January 6th 04, 12:10 AM
What a good idea! Thanks.
But, bad news...
I did it exactly as you suggested. Then after doing all
the files and folders separately, I went back into the
individual subfolders to see if the checks remained
absent. They reappeared!
Sheer idiocy. I must have a setting wrong somewhere, but
I'm not a computer guru, so I don't know where.
If you have any more thoughts, I'd love to have them.
Thanks for understanding my problem!
>-----Original Message-----
>If you can get into dos, the Attrib command does it, but
>is impossible with ntfs. I have found that if I start
>from the most embedded items in a folder that is in a
>folder, select all, then right click them and remove read
>only, hidden, then do the folder itself then do its
>parent and so on that the checks stay gone.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Not sure why the article is empty for you, I'll post it
>here:
>>You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System
>Attribute of Folders
>>View products that this article applies to.
>>This article was previously published under Q326549
>>For a Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
>Millennium Edition,
>>Windows 98, and Windows 95 version of this article, see
>256614.
>>SYMPTOMS
>>You may experience any of the following symptoms:
>> a.. You cannot view or change the Read-only or System
>attributes of a
>>folder by using the Properties dialog box for the
>folder. For example, you
>>may experience the following symptoms:
>> a.. When you view the General tab of a folder's
>Properties dialog box,
>>the Read-only check box is not available, and there is
>no check box to
>>change the System attribute.
>> b.. You click to clear or click to select the Read-
>only check box on the
>>General tab of a folder's Properties dialog box. When
>you click OK or Apply,
>>you receive the following message:
>>
>> Confirm Attribute Changes
>> You have chosen to make the following attribute
>changes:
>> unset read-only
>> Do you want to apply this change to this folder
>only, or do you want to
>>apply it to all subfolders and files as well?
>> If you click Apply changes to this folder only, the
>Read-only attribute
>>is changed for all the files in the folder, but the Read-
>only attribute is
>>not changed for the folder, its subfolders, or any files
>in its subfolders.
>>If you click Apply changes to this folder, subfolders,
>and files, the
>>Read-only attribute is changed for all files in the
>folder and all files in
>>the subfolders, but the Read-only attribute is not
>changed for the folder or
>>its subfolders.
>> b.. Some programs may display error messages when you
>try to save files to
>>a folder with the Read-only or System attribute. As a
>result, these programs
>>may not be able to save files to the folder.
>>CAUSE
>>Unlike the Read-only attribute for a file, the Read-only
>attribute for a
>>folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows
>components and accessories,
>>and other programs. For example, you can delete, rename,
>and change a folder
>>with the Read-only attribute by using Windows Explorer.
>The Read-only and
>>System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to
>determine whether the
>>folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that
>has its view
>>customized by Windows (for example, My Documents,
>Favorites, Fonts,
>>Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you
>customized by using the
>>Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box. As
>a result, Windows
>>Explorer does not allow you to view or change the Read-
>only or System
>>attributes of folders.
>>
>>Note In some previous versions of Windows, you can
>change the Read-only
>>attribute for folders by using the Properties dialog box
>for the folder, but
>>no versions of Windows permit you to change the System
>attribute by using
>>Windows Explorer.
>>WORKAROUND
>>To work around this issue, use the Attrib command at a
>command prompt
>>(Cmd.exe) to view or remove the Read-only or System
>attributes of folders.
>>Type attrib /? at the command prompt to view the syntax
>for the Attrib
>>command.
>>
>>Warning If you remove the Read-only or System attribute
>from a folder, it
>>may appear as a ordinary folder and some customizations
>may be lost. For
>>example, Windows customizes the Fonts folder and
>provides a special folder
>>view that permits you to hide variations, such as bold
>and italic. It also
>>permits you to change the folder's view settings in ways
>that are specific
>>to fonts. If you remove the Read-only and System
>attributes of the Fonts
>>folder, these customized view settings are not
>available. For folders that
>>you have customized by using the Customize tab of the
>folder's Properties
>>dialog box, the folder icon and other other
>customizations may be lost when
>>you remove the Read-only attribute.
>>
>>If a program cannot save files to a folder with the Read-
>only attribute,
>>such as My Documents, change the Read-only attribute to
>System by using the
>>Attrib command at a command prompt.
>>
>>For example, to change the Read-only attribute to System
>for the C:\Test
>>folder, use the following command:
>>attrib -r +s c:\test
>>
>>Note that some programs may not operate correctly with
>folders that have the
>>System attribute set. To remove both the Read-only and
>System attributes
>>from the C:\Test folder, use the following command:
>>attrib -r -s c:\test
>>
>>STATUS
>>This behavior is by design.
>>MORE INFORMATION
>>Windows stores file and folder attributes in the file
>system with the file
>>and folder name, extension, date and time stamps, and
>other information. The
>>Read-only check box for folders is not available because
>it does not apply
>>to the folder. You can use this check box to set the
>Read-only attribute for
>>files in the folder. However, you cannot use Windows
>Explorer to determine
>>if a folder has the Read-only and System attributes set.
>To determine the
>>attributes that are set on a folder, or to change these
>attributes, you must
>>use the Attrib command from a command prompt.
>>
>>"Rene Gnam" > wrote
>in message
...
>>> Hello again...
>>>
>>> As my previous message said:
>>>
>>> 1. The article is blank. I tried again. All that comes
>up
>>> is the title heading. No contents.
>>>
>>> 2. usually *.log, *.dat, *.tmp, *.mbx, *.pce, *.lst,
>*.lok
>>>
>>> 3. Because *.mbx refers to mailboxes. There are a
>total of
>>> 151 files in the Eudora folder and most of them fall
>into
>>> the I-should-back-these-up category after they have
>been
>>> accessed on the road. If you don't back them up to the
>>> desktop on your return, then Eudora has to re-send all
>the
>>> 1000s of emails to the desktop because all the
>histories
>>> of what's in what folder are gone without backup.
>>>
>>> 4. "I have tried using Windows Explorer, Laplink Gold,
>and
>>> Xcopy. All stumble."
>>>
>>> 5. There's nothing wrong with the networking because
>all
>>> the other files in Eudora copy successfully and all the
>>> other files in other directories copy successfully.
>>>
>>> 6. Eudora tech support says it's because the "read
>only"
>>> settings are wrong. THAT'S WHY I am concerned with
>>> eliminating that check mark.
>>>
>>> Do you know a way to eliminate that check mark so it
>STAYS
>>> unchecked even after reboot?
>>>
>>> Thank you. I appreciate you're sticking with this.
>>>
>><snip>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
But, bad news...
I did it exactly as you suggested. Then after doing all
the files and folders separately, I went back into the
individual subfolders to see if the checks remained
absent. They reappeared!
Sheer idiocy. I must have a setting wrong somewhere, but
I'm not a computer guru, so I don't know where.
If you have any more thoughts, I'd love to have them.
Thanks for understanding my problem!
>-----Original Message-----
>If you can get into dos, the Attrib command does it, but
>is impossible with ntfs. I have found that if I start
>from the most embedded items in a folder that is in a
>folder, select all, then right click them and remove read
>only, hidden, then do the folder itself then do its
>parent and so on that the checks stay gone.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Not sure why the article is empty for you, I'll post it
>here:
>>You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System
>Attribute of Folders
>>View products that this article applies to.
>>This article was previously published under Q326549
>>For a Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows
>Millennium Edition,
>>Windows 98, and Windows 95 version of this article, see
>256614.
>>SYMPTOMS
>>You may experience any of the following symptoms:
>> a.. You cannot view or change the Read-only or System
>attributes of a
>>folder by using the Properties dialog box for the
>folder. For example, you
>>may experience the following symptoms:
>> a.. When you view the General tab of a folder's
>Properties dialog box,
>>the Read-only check box is not available, and there is
>no check box to
>>change the System attribute.
>> b.. You click to clear or click to select the Read-
>only check box on the
>>General tab of a folder's Properties dialog box. When
>you click OK or Apply,
>>you receive the following message:
>>
>> Confirm Attribute Changes
>> You have chosen to make the following attribute
>changes:
>> unset read-only
>> Do you want to apply this change to this folder
>only, or do you want to
>>apply it to all subfolders and files as well?
>> If you click Apply changes to this folder only, the
>Read-only attribute
>>is changed for all the files in the folder, but the Read-
>only attribute is
>>not changed for the folder, its subfolders, or any files
>in its subfolders.
>>If you click Apply changes to this folder, subfolders,
>and files, the
>>Read-only attribute is changed for all files in the
>folder and all files in
>>the subfolders, but the Read-only attribute is not
>changed for the folder or
>>its subfolders.
>> b.. Some programs may display error messages when you
>try to save files to
>>a folder with the Read-only or System attribute. As a
>result, these programs
>>may not be able to save files to the folder.
>>CAUSE
>>Unlike the Read-only attribute for a file, the Read-only
>attribute for a
>>folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows
>components and accessories,
>>and other programs. For example, you can delete, rename,
>and change a folder
>>with the Read-only attribute by using Windows Explorer.
>The Read-only and
>>System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to
>determine whether the
>>folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that
>has its view
>>customized by Windows (for example, My Documents,
>Favorites, Fonts,
>>Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you
>customized by using the
>>Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box. As
>a result, Windows
>>Explorer does not allow you to view or change the Read-
>only or System
>>attributes of folders.
>>
>>Note In some previous versions of Windows, you can
>change the Read-only
>>attribute for folders by using the Properties dialog box
>for the folder, but
>>no versions of Windows permit you to change the System
>attribute by using
>>Windows Explorer.
>>WORKAROUND
>>To work around this issue, use the Attrib command at a
>command prompt
>>(Cmd.exe) to view or remove the Read-only or System
>attributes of folders.
>>Type attrib /? at the command prompt to view the syntax
>for the Attrib
>>command.
>>
>>Warning If you remove the Read-only or System attribute
>from a folder, it
>>may appear as a ordinary folder and some customizations
>may be lost. For
>>example, Windows customizes the Fonts folder and
>provides a special folder
>>view that permits you to hide variations, such as bold
>and italic. It also
>>permits you to change the folder's view settings in ways
>that are specific
>>to fonts. If you remove the Read-only and System
>attributes of the Fonts
>>folder, these customized view settings are not
>available. For folders that
>>you have customized by using the Customize tab of the
>folder's Properties
>>dialog box, the folder icon and other other
>customizations may be lost when
>>you remove the Read-only attribute.
>>
>>If a program cannot save files to a folder with the Read-
>only attribute,
>>such as My Documents, change the Read-only attribute to
>System by using the
>>Attrib command at a command prompt.
>>
>>For example, to change the Read-only attribute to System
>for the C:\Test
>>folder, use the following command:
>>attrib -r +s c:\test
>>
>>Note that some programs may not operate correctly with
>folders that have the
>>System attribute set. To remove both the Read-only and
>System attributes
>>from the C:\Test folder, use the following command:
>>attrib -r -s c:\test
>>
>>STATUS
>>This behavior is by design.
>>MORE INFORMATION
>>Windows stores file and folder attributes in the file
>system with the file
>>and folder name, extension, date and time stamps, and
>other information. The
>>Read-only check box for folders is not available because
>it does not apply
>>to the folder. You can use this check box to set the
>Read-only attribute for
>>files in the folder. However, you cannot use Windows
>Explorer to determine
>>if a folder has the Read-only and System attributes set.
>To determine the
>>attributes that are set on a folder, or to change these
>attributes, you must
>>use the Attrib command from a command prompt.
>>
>>"Rene Gnam" > wrote
>in message
...
>>> Hello again...
>>>
>>> As my previous message said:
>>>
>>> 1. The article is blank. I tried again. All that comes
>up
>>> is the title heading. No contents.
>>>
>>> 2. usually *.log, *.dat, *.tmp, *.mbx, *.pce, *.lst,
>*.lok
>>>
>>> 3. Because *.mbx refers to mailboxes. There are a
>total of
>>> 151 files in the Eudora folder and most of them fall
>into
>>> the I-should-back-these-up category after they have
>been
>>> accessed on the road. If you don't back them up to the
>>> desktop on your return, then Eudora has to re-send all
>the
>>> 1000s of emails to the desktop because all the
>histories
>>> of what's in what folder are gone without backup.
>>>
>>> 4. "I have tried using Windows Explorer, Laplink Gold,
>and
>>> Xcopy. All stumble."
>>>
>>> 5. There's nothing wrong with the networking because
>all
>>> the other files in Eudora copy successfully and all the
>>> other files in other directories copy successfully.
>>>
>>> 6. Eudora tech support says it's because the "read
>only"
>>> settings are wrong. THAT'S WHY I am concerned with
>>> eliminating that check mark.
>>>
>>> Do you know a way to eliminate that check mark so it
>STAYS
>>> unchecked even after reboot?
>>>
>>> Thank you. I appreciate you're sticking with this.
>>>
>><snip>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>