Re: System Ignores "read-only" modification on Inetpub directory

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:12:53 -0800

thall89553 wrote:

> If I open up Windows Explorer, right click on a directory, and uncheck
> the "read-only" attirbute, it seems to apply the change. BUT, when I
> return to the same directory and look at its properites, they are
> still read-only...

The read-only attribute you see on XP's folders is misleading. The
folder is not really read-only and you can ignore this. What problems
are you having that are making you want to mess with this?

Malke 

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