Cannot alter read-only status of favorites

[Guest Ric]

Hello,

 

I have just clean reinstalled XP. Before doing so, I backed up all my

Internet Explorer favorites to a USB hard-disc. Unfortunately these

favorites are locked read-only, and I can't change this attribute. I have

tried changing the attribute in the file properties, but this does not work.

I have also tried the attrib -r command but this does not work either.

 

Does anybody have any suggestions?

 

I made all the favorites on my old Vista installation, and so maybe the

problem is linked to UAC on Vista?