Re: Difficulties in changing attributes

[Will Denny]

Hi

Is the file a Windows one or a 3rd party program file?

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"Starshine Moonbeam" > wrote in message
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>
> I have a file that's set to read-only. I tried changing it (-r, +a)
> using both the regular way and through the cmd window. No go, it's still
> set to read-only. I haven't set up any type of admin priveleges, since
> it's a home computer. Not really sure what I can do to fix it at this
> point. M$ help search just told me to use the cmd window, so they
> obviously know about it and reporting it to them's a waste.
>
> It's not a critical problem or anything but it's an annoyance.
>
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[Detlev Dreyer]

Starshine Moonbeam > wrote:

> I have a file that's set to read-only. I tried changing it (-r, +a)
> using both the regular way and through the cmd window. No go, it's
> still set to read-only.

Did you check with the 'ATTRIB' command if that file is still read-
only (R)?

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[Bob I]

At the command line does ATTRIB show it to be read-only?

Starshine Moonbeam wrote:

> I have a file that's set to read-only. I tried changing it (-r, +a)
> using both the regular way and through the cmd window. No go, it's still
> set to read-only. I haven't set up any type of admin priveleges, since
> it's a home computer. Not really sure what I can do to fix it at this
> point. M$ help search just told me to use the cmd window, so they
> obviously know about it and reporting it to them's a waste.
>
> It's not a critical problem or anything but it's an annoyance.
>

[Detlev Dreyer]

Starshine Moonbeam > wrote:

>> Did you check with the 'ATTRIB' command if that file is still read-
>> only (R)?
>
> I have now, it shows A

In this case, only the archive flag (A) has been set. Note that this
file has *not* the read-only file attribut (R) set. No matter what
program told you that this file is read-only, it was simply wrong.

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[Detlev Dreyer]

Starshine Moonbeam > wrote:

>>> I have now, it shows A
>>
>> In this case, only the archive flag (A) has been set. Note that this
>> file has *not* the read-only file attribut (R) set. No matter what
>> program told you that this file is read-only, it was simply wrong.
>
> They should fix that. It can mislead people.

If you're talking about Windows Explorer, I agree regarding folders.
That "traffic light" of file attributes under WinXP is really mis-
leading. However, it's no problem to educate the Windows Explorer:
Menu: View > Select Details > Attribute > check. Menu: Tools > Folder
Options > View > Apply to all folders (translated from German on-the-
fly).

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[Bob I]

Then the "file" is not "read-only", the the question is "what causes you
to say it's "set to read-only"? If in fact you are double-clicking an
Office file and this error message is appearing, then the problem is
that your "anti-virus software" is interfering with the file being
opened. If this is the case, DISABLE the "office-plugin" in the
anti-virus software's settings.

Starshine Moonbeam wrote:

> In article >, Bob I
> ) dropped a +5 bundle of words...
>
>
>>At the command line does ATTRIB show it to be read-only?
>
>
> No, it shows A.
>
>
>>Starshine Moonbeam wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a file that's set to read-only. I tried changing it (-r, +a)
>>>using both the regular way and through the cmd window. No go, it's still
>>>set to read-only. I haven't set up any type of admin priveleges, since
>>>it's a home computer. Not really sure what I can do to fix it at this
>>>point. M$ help search just told me to use the cmd window, so they
>>>obviously know about it and reporting it to them's a waste.
>>>
>>>It's not a critical problem or anything but it's an annoyance.
>>>
>>
>>
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