Re: "Read-only" Folders
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Date: 02/05/04
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:56:57 -0800
The saga continues. Now, I'm not too sure that the issue
is the Read-only folder. To try another angle, I copied
one mail folder (.dbx) from my old PC on to a floppy, put
it in my new PC, and tried to import that one mail folder
into OE. I got the same message -- "The mail folder could
not be opened. If another application is using the file,
please close it and try again." The properties on
the .dbx folder all look fine. I'm beginning to think
there's a problem with OE on my new PC. Maybe the message
has not been referring to the parent folder that contained
all my OE mail folders (.dbx), BUT to the mail folders
themselves. The attributes on those all look fine?!?!?
I'm baffled, and a bit frustrated.
>-----Original Message-----
>Oh - sorry about that. It's sometimes hard for me to
tell when my words
>will seem like jargon and when they'll seem
condescending. I'll un-geek-ify
>things a bit . ..
>
>By "tri-state with checkbox" I meant that the checkbox
actually has 3
>different states instead of the 2 you would normally
expect: 1)checked and
>gray, 2)unchecked, and 3)checked. It's not very
intuitive. The link that
>Roger posted probably explains this better than I could.
>
>By "'attrib' in the cmdline" I meant:
>- Click on "Start".
>- Go to "Run" and click on it.
>- In the textbox next to "Open:" type "cmd" and hit
<Enter>.
>That new window that just opened is what I meant
by "cmdline". You can list
>files and subdirectories using the "dir" command,
navigate throughout your
>directory structure with the "cd" command, and using
the "attrib" command
>you can view and set the attributes on files and
directories. For almost
>all commands you would want to use, " /?" will show you
what parameters the
>tool takes, syntax, etc. The "attrib" command will
always tell you what
>attributes are set on a file and doesn't try to do any of
that confusing (to
>me) tri-state stuff.
>(In case Roger reads this: cmd.exe is not DOS. It's only
DOS-flavored.
>There's a common myth that Windows XP has DOS somewhere
under the covers.
>Not true.)
>
>
>Want to see what process has an open handle to the
directory? You might
>want to download Process Explorer from sysinternals.com.
It's a free UI
>tool that, among other things, shows you which processes
have which files
>open. It's kinda like Task Manager on steroids.
>--
>Drew Cooper [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:a38701c3eb8c$3e9aff80$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi Drew,
>>
>> Thanks for responding to my inquiry in the MS Community
>> Newsgroup. I have to admit that I'm not as "computer
>> literate" as you are. Not sure I understand what you
>> mean by "show a tri-state with the checkbox", or how to
>> confirm "attrib" in the cmdline. I tried re-booting and
>> importing the OE files without opening Windows Explorer
>> (in case Explorer was somehow "grabbing" the folder),
and
>> still get the error: "The mail folder could not be
>> opened. If another application is using the file, please
>> close it and try again." The directory containing the
>> mail files is located in the Shared Documents directory.
>>
>> I am also confused as to why EVERY folder in Windows
>> Explorer has the Read-only attribute set (even new
>> folders I create) and I cannot seem to un-set that
>> attribute. It hasn't seemed to affect anything else,
>> although I've only had this new PC up and running for a
>> few days.
>>
>> Any other help/explanation you have to offer would be
>> welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >It's not really read-only. The UI is trying to show a
>> tri-state with the
>> >checkbox. And the UI never actually sets the r/o bit
on
>> a directory anyway.
>> >("attrib" on the cmdline can confirm this.)
>> >
>> >I don't know what's using the directory that OE wants
to
>> use, but if you
>> >have it open on your desktop, explorer is one culprit.
>> >--
>> >Drew Cooper [MSFT]
>> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights.
>> >
>> >
>> >"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:9c7701c3eac2$c9b6a0d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I am moving my Outlook folders (.dbx) from my old
>> >> Windows98 PC to my new XP Home Edition PC. All the
>> files
>> >> are successfully moved, but when I try to Import them
>> >> into Outlook, I get the message that the folder with
>> the
>> >> OE files cannot be opened because it may be in use by
>> >> another application. When I checked the properties
of
>> >> the folder, the attributes say the folder is Read-
only.
>> >> None of the files in the folder are Read-only. When
I
>> >> try to un-set the Read-only attribute, it appears to
>> let
>> >> me do it, but whe I check it again, it's still read
>> only.
>> >> In poking around, it appears that ALL the folders are
>> >> Read-only. The user account I'm using is "Computer
>> >> Administrator". Why are all the folders Read-only and
>> why
>> >> can't I change or even create a folder that is not? I
>> >> also tried dragging the folder into the Shared
>> Documents
>> >> folder, but no luck.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>
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