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December 8th 07, 02:07 PM
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Read Only
Recently a strange problem came up with my XP SP2 system.
Programs stopped working because certain files became read only. Rebooted, and things were fine. In Windows Explorer, View|Customize| Uncheck Read Only. It does its things. Close Explorer. Open Explorer. Folder, Properties. Read Only is checked! Uncheck, Apply, Okay. Close. Open. Read Only is checked! What is going on, and how do I fix this? Thanks. 
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December 8th 07, 02:13 PM
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Sanford Aranoff wrote:
Recently a strange problem came up with my XP SP2 system. Programs stopped working because certain files became read only. Rebooted, and things were fine. In Windows Explorer, View|Customize| Uncheck Read Only. It does its things. Close Explorer. Open Explorer. Folder, Properties. Read Only is checked! Uncheck, Apply, Okay. Close. Open. Read Only is checked! What is going on, and how do I fix this? The read-only attribute is not applicable to folders in XP. This is why checking/unchecking the box on a folder doesn't stick. As for why this happened, since we know nothing about your computer I can only give the general recommendation to test your hard drive and your RAM as a precaution. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot Always make sure you have a good backup strategy in place and you are using it. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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December 8th 07, 03:54 PM
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On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:13:58 -0800, Malke
wrote: The read-only attribute is not applicable to folders in XP. This is why checking/unchecking the box on a folder doesn't stick. Malke Do I understand correctly, Malke, that your answer applies to folders only - not to files? For years, I have checked "read only" on my eudora.ini file. It prevents me or anyone else from making changes - accidentally or otherwise - to that file unless I first unchek the "read only" box. And, believe you me: It works. _________________________________ Old Enough to know I don't know a thing ....
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December 8th 07, 03:59 PM
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Old Enough wrote:
Do I understand correctly, Malke, that your answer applies to folders only - not to files? Yes. Obviously. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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