Re: "My Documents" folder set to READ-ONLY at first logon!?
From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 07/15/05
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:12:36 -0400
"Roel" <Roel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Never mind, I think I've found a solution on page
> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=256614
>
> Apparently XP ABUSES THE READ-ONLY ATTRIBUTE to mark a folder as
> "Customized"!!?
> Not a very elegant solution, IMHO. It seems someone at MS just decided one
> day "Oh well, that read-only attribute? Nobody uses that anyway, so let's
> just say that from now one 'read-only' actually means 'customized'". |-{
>
It doesn't (or shouldn't) prevent you from adding files to the folder
though...
-- Colin Nash Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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