Read Only won't go away

[Guest Lynn398]

Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select it and

now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on everything from downloads

to documents and I don't know about until I go in to change something. I go

in unmark the box, click apply, then ok, it closes. I check a little later

and it's back, UUGGHHHH! What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make

my computer stop this?

[Guest PaulB]

RE: Read Only won't go away

 

This is normal for folders in Vista. Read only has no meaning for folders.

Notice the box is not checked but just shaded.

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Paul

 

 

"Lynn398" wrote:

> Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select it and

> now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on everything from downloads

> to documents and I don't know about until I go in to change something. I go

> in unmark the box, click apply, then ok, it closes. I check a little later

> and it's back, UUGGHHHH! What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make

> my computer stop this?

[Guest PaulB]

RE: Read Only won't go away

 

Sorry wrong news group.

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Paul

 

 

"Lynn398" wrote:

> Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select it and

> now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on everything from downloads

> to documents and I don't know about until I go in to change something. I go

> in unmark the box, click apply, then ok, it closes. I check a little later

> and it's back, UUGGHHHH! What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make

> my computer stop this?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Read Only won't go away

 

Then don't bother trying to change the "Read-only" box in the Folder

properties dialog. It doesn't mean what you think it means, and it

doesn't do what you think it does. First it only indicates what will

happen to the files INSIDE the folder in question IF you change the box

AND hit apply or ok. That is it's sole purpose and indicating

properties. It will ALWAYS appear as gray and checked when you open

Folder properties, and it means NOTHING will be changed if you click OK.

 

Lynn398 wrote:

> Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select it and

> now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on everything from downloads

> to documents and I don't know about until I go in to change something. I go

> in unmark the box, click apply, then ok, it closes. I check a little later

> and it's back, UUGGHHHH! What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make

> my computer stop this?

[Guest Twayne]

Re: Read Only won't go away

 

> This is normal for folders in Vista. Read only has no meaning for

> folders. Notice the box is not checked but just shaded.

 

Or ANY version of windows including XP for the last several revs.

>

>> Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!! I didn't select

>> it and now I can't clear it. It shows up automatically on

>> everything from downloads to documents and I don't know about until

>> I go in to change something. I go in unmark the box, click apply,

>> then ok, it closes. I check a little later and it's back, UUGGHHHH!

>> What gives? Can someone please tell me how to make my computer stop

>> this?

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Read Only won't go away

 

Lynn398 <Lynn398@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ok, why will the "read only" block not clear???!!!

 

Are you talking about read-only on a directory?

 

There is no read-only attribute for a directory. What you're seeing is

a shortcut to allow you to set or clear the attribute for all files in

the directory.

 

Each time you display this tab of the properties dialog, you're

looking at a 3-state box in its third state: neither set nor unset. On

my computer that shows as a green blob in the box. Click it once, and

the box is empty, that's the NO state. Click it again and a check

appears, that's the YES state. If you click OK or Apply when the box

is in the YES or NO state, the read-only attribute is set or cleared

(depending on whether you're in YES or NO state) for EVERY file in the

directory. But when you bring the box up again, you will again see it

in the third state.

 

If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the

result of what you've done.

 

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Tim Slattery

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