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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 the 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. |
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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 the 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. |
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Hi Paul
"Paul Stevens" wrote in message ... 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. Maybe you've got a file that's in use in the source folder? -- Regards, Steve. S. Tea Please, Hot!, 3 Sugars, Coconut Cookies, & no friggin war stories!!. --- Steve's Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 01/04/2003 |
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Hi Paul
"Paul Stevens" wrote in message ... 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. Maybe you've got a file that's in use in the source folder? -- Regards, Steve. S. Tea Please, Hot!, 3 Sugars, Coconut Cookies, & no friggin war stories!!. --- Steve's Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 01/04/2003 |
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