Re: Unchangeable read-only attribute
From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 08/20/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:49:01 -0400
"Braids" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi to all,
>
> I've got a problem I hope you can help me to resolve.
>
>
> I was trying to create a limited account to consent my
> father to use my PC without causing problems of any type.
>
> To reduce this possibility to the minimum I set a
> password for my administrator account: after that,
> windows XP asked me if i wanted to protect all my files
> from other users; it seems to me good, so I have clicked
> on "yes". I discovered only later that XP assigned the
> read-only attribute to ALL the folders, subfolders and
> files in C:, fact that I absolutely didn't want to
> succeed.
>
> I tried to change this attribute by myself, no way to do
> it from the folders (I've been able to remove it only
> from the files, but not from folders and subfolders):
> even if I remove my password from the account, XP doesn't
> ask to me if I want to de-protect them.
>
>
> Any ideas on how I can solve this problems? Maybe XP has
> all the folders with a green square in "read only" by
> default? I'm not sure of anything, at this point. Anyone
> of you can illuminate me, please? :-)
>
>
> Bye
It's normal for folders to have the 'read-only' box checked. It has another
meaning for folders and won't affect whether you can make changes to the
contents. Is everything else ok?
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