Jump to content

Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

Guest Bob S

By Guest Bob S
in Windows XP

 Share

Recommended Posts

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read only

on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that it

was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks in

advance.

Bob

  • Replies 15
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Popular Days

Popular Days

Guest Jeff Johnson

Guest Jeff Johnson

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:eyJwZfawIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that it

>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks

>in advance.

 

I thought folders themselves can't actually have the Read Only attribute and

its only purpose in the UI is to indicate if any FILES inside the folder

have that bit set. Unchecked = no read only files, grayed = some read only

files, checked = all files in folder are read only. Can someone confirm?

Guest Terry R.

Guest Terry R.

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded

out on the keyboard:

> I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read only

> on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

> properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

> Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

> folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that it

> was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks in

> advance.

> Bob

>

>

 

Hi Bob,

 

What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by

Windows or a program and can't be renamed.

 

The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it.

But that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user

created folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

 

--

Terry R.

 

***Reply Note***

Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of which

have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The folders

originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the home LAN to

my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

Bob

 

"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded out

> on the keyboard:

>

>> I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>> only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>> properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>> Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>> folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>> it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute?

>> Thanks in advance.

>> Bob

>

> Hi Bob,

>

> What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by Windows

> or a program and can't be renamed.

>

> The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it. But

> that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created

> folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

> ***Reply Note***

> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

Guest John Wunderlich

Guest John Wunderlich

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in

news:eyJwZfawIHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is

> read only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the

> folder, so went to properties of the folder and removed the dot

> from "Read Only". Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since

> when I tried to rename the folder, it denied access. So, I

> checked properties again and found that it was Read Only again.

> How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks in advance.

> Bob

>

>

 

See:

 

"You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders"

<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/en-us>

 

HTH,

John

Guest Bob I

Guest Bob I

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the

instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link.

 

Bob S wrote:

> The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of which

> have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The folders

> originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the home LAN to

> my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

> Bob

>

> "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

> news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded out

>>on the keyboard:

>>

>>

>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>>>it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute?

>>>Thanks in advance.

>>>Bob

>>

>>Hi Bob,

>>

>>What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by Windows

>>or a program and can't be renamed.

>>

>>The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it. But

>>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created

>>folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>>

>>--

>>Terry R.

>>

>>***Reply Note***

>>Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>>Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>

>

>

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

The instructions told me to find (in Win explorer) the folder to get

ownership of and right-click properties, then click the security tab.

Unfortunately, I cannot find a "security" tab there.

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:exEVO7bwIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the

> instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link.

>

> Bob S wrote:

>

>> The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of

>> which have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The

>> folders originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the

>> home LAN to my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

>> Bob

>>

>> "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

>> news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded out

>>>on the keyboard:

>>>

>>>

>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>>only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went

>>>>to properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>the folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found

>>>>that it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only"

>>>>attribute? Thanks in advance.

>>>>Bob

>>>

>>>Hi Bob,

>>>

>>>What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by Windows

>>>or a program and can't be renamed.

>>>

>>>The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it. But

>>>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created

>>>folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>>>

>>>--

>>>Terry R.

>>>

>>>***Reply Note***

>>>Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>>>Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>>

>>

>>

>

Guest Tim Slattery

Guest Tim Slattery

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read only

>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that it

>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks in

>advance.

 

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.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Thank you Tim. I understand it now. Earlier, I tried to change the name of

the folder and was denied access to change its name. This happened several

times even after changing the state of the "Read Only" state of the files

beneath it to not read-only. I also moved some files around within the file

structure under this folder and moved a few folders out from under this

folder. Then a few minutes ago I tried renaming it again (on a lark) and it

took it this time. Do you have any idea why the system would NOT allow me

to change the name earlier, and/or why it would allow me to do it now?

Bob

 

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

news:f53u34h77qodsntjenisd5gmu4qujhiegu@4ax.com...

> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>

>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>only

>>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>>it

>>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks

>>in

>>advance.

>

> 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.

>

> --

> Tim Slattery

> MS MVP(Shell/User)

> Slattery_T@bls.gov

> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest Bob I

Guest Bob I

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

This is from the Help two links down from the Take Ownership link

 

Change a file or folder's permission

 

To display the Security tab

Open Folder Options in Control Panel.

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

Double-click Folder Options

..

On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear Use simple file sharing

[Recommended].

 

 

Bob S wrote:

> The instructions told me to find (in Win explorer) the folder to get

> ownership of and right-click properties, then click the security tab.

> Unfortunately, I cannot find a "security" tab there.

>

> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:exEVO7bwIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>

>>Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the

>>instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link.

>>

>>Bob S wrote:

>>

>>

>>>The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of

>>>which have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The

>>>folders originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the

>>>home LAN to my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

>>>Bob

>>>

>>>"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

>>>news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded out

>>>>on the keyboard:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>>>only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went

>>>>>to properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>>the folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found

>>>>>that it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only"

>>>>>attribute? Thanks in advance.

>>>>>Bob

>>>>

>>>>Hi Bob,

>>>>

>>>>What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by Windows

>>>>or a program and can't be renamed.

>>>>

>>>>The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it. But

>>>>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created

>>>>folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>>>>

>>>>--

>>>>Terry R.

>>>>

>>>>***Reply Note***

>>>>Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>>>>Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>

>

Guest Bob I

Guest Bob I

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or

folders open that are contained within it.

 

Bob S wrote:

> Thank you Tim. I understand it now. Earlier, I tried to change the name of

> the folder and was denied access to change its name. This happened several

> times even after changing the state of the "Read Only" state of the files

> beneath it to not read-only. I also moved some files around within the file

> structure under this folder and moved a few folders out from under this

> folder. Then a few minutes ago I tried renaming it again (on a lark) and it

> took it this time. Do you have any idea why the system would NOT allow me

> to change the name earlier, and/or why it would allow me to do it now?

> Bob

>

> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

> news:f53u34h77qodsntjenisd5gmu4qujhiegu@4ax.com...

>

>>"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>>

>>

>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>only

>>>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename the

>>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>>>it

>>>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute? Thanks

>>>in

>>>advance.

>>

>>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.

>>

>>--

>>Tim Slattery

>>MS MVP(Shell/User)

>>Slattery_T@bls.gov

>>http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

>

>

>

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Thank you Bob I. That certainly did the trick. I now can see the security

tab and "take ownership" of the folder as you suggested below. Thanks for

your patience and help.

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:%23I8o6FdwIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> This is from the Help two links down from the Take Ownership link

>

> Change a file or folder's permission

>

> To display the Security tab

> Open Folder Options in Control Panel.

> Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

> Double-click Folder Options

> .

> On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear Use simple file sharing

> [Recommended].

>

>

> Bob S wrote:

>

>> The instructions told me to find (in Win explorer) the folder to get

>> ownership of and right-click properties, then click the security tab.

>> Unfortunately, I cannot find a "security" tab there.

>>

>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:exEVO7bwIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the

>>>instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link.

>>>

>>>Bob S wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of

>>>>which have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The

>>>>folders originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the

>>>>home LAN to my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

>>>>Bob

>>>>

>>>>"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

>>>>news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded

>>>>>out on the keyboard:

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is

>>>>>>read only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so

>>>>>>went to properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>>>the folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and

>>>>>>found that it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only"

>>>>>>attribute? Thanks in advance.

>>>>>>Bob

>>>>>

>>>>>Hi Bob,

>>>>>

>>>>>What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by

>>>>>Windows or a program and can't be renamed.

>>>>>

>>>>>The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it.

>>>>>But that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user

>>>>>created folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>>>>>

>>>>>--

>>>>>Terry R.

>>>>>

>>>>>***Reply Note***

>>>>>Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>>>>>Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>

>>

>

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Bob I., thank you for your help. I have run into that many times with files

too. That is, I have tried to delete them or rename them and been told that

some other program or process has control over them or has them open.

However, in many of those cases, and definitely in this case, I have not

been able to see anythng (process or program) that had control over the file

(or in this case folder). I have a practice of closing all programs which I

do not have to have running at the time. I may have found the culprit

through experience. In this case, although I did not have any of the

pictures open at the time in which I was trying to change the name of the

folder, I HAD used "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" (which comes with Win

XP) to view some of the pictures earlier. In fact, this has been the case

in many of the instances with trying to delete or rename individual pictures

in the past as well. Do you have any experience with this or have a

suggestion of what to do to get "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" to release

control of the picture? Thanks again.

Bob S.

 

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:O3xW%23GdwIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or

> folders open that are contained within it.

>

> Bob S wrote:

>

>> Thank you Tim. I understand it now. Earlier, I tried to change the name

>> of the folder and was denied access to change its name. This happened

>> several times even after changing the state of the "Read Only" state of

>> the files beneath it to not read-only. I also moved some files around

>> within the file structure under this folder and moved a few folders out

>> from under this folder. Then a few minutes ago I tried renaming it again

>> (on a lark) and it took it this time. Do you have any idea why the

>> system would NOT allow me to change the name earlier, and/or why it would

>> allow me to do it now?

>> Bob

>>

>> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

>> news:f53u34h77qodsntjenisd5gmu4qujhiegu@4ax.com...

>>

>>>"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>>only

>>>>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>the

>>>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>>>>it

>>>>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute?

>>>>Thanks in

>>>>advance.

>>>

>>>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.

>>>

>>>--

>>>Tim Slattery

>>>MS MVP(Shell/User)

>>>Slattery_T@bls.gov

>>>http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

>>

>>

>>

>

Guest Bob I

Guest Bob I

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Most welcome, have a great day!.

 

Bob S wrote:

> Thank you Bob I. That certainly did the trick. I now can see the security

> tab and "take ownership" of the folder as you suggested below. Thanks for

> your patience and help.

>

> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:%23I8o6FdwIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>>This is from the Help two links down from the Take Ownership link

>>

>>Change a file or folder's permission

>>

>>To display the Security tab

>>Open Folder Options in Control Panel.

>>Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

>>Double-click Folder Options

>>.

>>On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear Use simple file sharing

>>[Recommended].

>>

>>

>>Bob S wrote:

>>

>>

>>>The instructions told me to find (in Win explorer) the folder to get

>>>ownership of and right-click properties, then click the security tab.

>>>Unfortunately, I cannot find a "security" tab there.

>>>

>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>>news:exEVO7bwIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>>>Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the

>>>>instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link.

>>>>

>>>>Bob S wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>The current folder name is "Box 2". It has 6 sub-folders in it, 2 of

>>>>>which have subfolders themselves. They all have pictures in them. The

>>>>>folders originally were on my son's computer. We copied them across the

>>>>>home LAN to my computer. How do I take ownership of them.

>>>>>Bob

>>>>>

>>>>>"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

>>>>>news:%231IpkmbwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>>The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded

>>>>>>out on the keyboard:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is

>>>>>>>read only on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so

>>>>>>>went to properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>>>>the folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and

>>>>>>>found that it was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only"

>>>>>>>attribute? Thanks in advance.

>>>>>>>Bob

>>>>>>

>>>>>>Hi Bob,

>>>>>>

>>>>>>What is the current folder name? It's possible it was created by

>>>>>>Windows or a program and can't be renamed.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>The "read only" issue you are seeing is normal. You can't change it.

>>>>>>But that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user

>>>>>>created folder. You may have to take ownership of it.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>--

>>>>>>Terry R.

>>>>>>

>>>>>>***Reply Note***

>>>>>>Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.

>>>>>>Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>

>

>

Guest Bob I

Guest Bob I

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Patience? <grin> It seems more of an issue if the folders reside in/on

the desktop, and sometimes in the My Pictures folder if the pictures are

being added to the listing for screen savers and backgrounds. Seems the

more "automatic cutesy/pretty up" stuff the computer has enabled the

worse the problem. I generally kill most of that "fluff", and have few

issues.

 

Bob S wrote:

> Bob I., thank you for your help. I have run into that many times with files

> too. That is, I have tried to delete them or rename them and been told that

> some other program or process has control over them or has them open.

> However, in many of those cases, and definitely in this case, I have not

> been able to see anythng (process or program) that had control over the file

> (or in this case folder). I have a practice of closing all programs which I

> do not have to have running at the time. I may have found the culprit

> through experience. In this case, although I did not have any of the

> pictures open at the time in which I was trying to change the name of the

> folder, I HAD used "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" (which comes with Win

> XP) to view some of the pictures earlier. In fact, this has been the case

> in many of the instances with trying to delete or rename individual pictures

> in the past as well. Do you have any experience with this or have a

> suggestion of what to do to get "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" to release

> control of the picture? Thanks again.

> Bob S.

>

>

> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:O3xW%23GdwIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>>You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or

>>folders open that are contained within it.

>>

>>Bob S wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Thank you Tim. I understand it now. Earlier, I tried to change the name

>>>of the folder and was denied access to change its name. This happened

>>>several times even after changing the state of the "Read Only" state of

>>>the files beneath it to not read-only. I also moved some files around

>>>within the file structure under this folder and moved a few folders out

>>>from under this folder. Then a few minutes ago I tried renaming it again

>>>(on a lark) and it took it this time. Do you have any idea why the

>>>system would NOT allow me to change the name earlier, and/or why it would

>>>allow me to do it now?

>>>Bob

>>>

>>>"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

>>>news:f53u34h77qodsntjenisd5gmu4qujhiegu@4ax.com...

>>>

>>>

>>>>"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read

>>>>>only

>>>>>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>>>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>>the

>>>>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found that

>>>>>it

>>>>>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute?

>>>>>Thanks in

>>>>>advance.

>>>>

>>>>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.

>>>>

>>>>--

>>>>Tim Slattery

>>>>MS MVP(Shell/User)

>>>>Slattery_T@bls.gov

>>>>http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

>>>

>>>

>>>

>

>

Guest Bob S

Guest Bob S

Posted
Posted

Re: Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder

 

Thanks again Bob.

Bob

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:eLbYbKlwIHA.4896@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Patience? <grin> It seems more of an issue if the folders reside in/on the

> desktop, and sometimes in the My Pictures folder if the pictures are being

> added to the listing for screen savers and backgrounds. Seems the more

> "automatic cutesy/pretty up" stuff the computer has enabled the worse the

> problem. I generally kill most of that "fluff", and have few issues.

>

> Bob S wrote:

>

>> Bob I., thank you for your help. I have run into that many times with

>> files too. That is, I have tried to delete them or rename them and been

>> told that some other program or process has control over them or has them

>> open. However, in many of those cases, and definitely in this case, I

>> have not been able to see anythng (process or program) that had control

>> over the file (or in this case folder). I have a practice of closing all

>> programs which I do not have to have running at the time. I may have

>> found the culprit through experience. In this case, although I did not

>> have any of the pictures open at the time in which I was trying to change

>> the name of the folder, I HAD used "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer"

>> (which comes with Win XP) to view some of the pictures earlier. In fact,

>> this has been the case in many of the instances with trying to delete or

>> rename individual pictures in the past as well. Do you have any

>> experience with this or have a suggestion of what to do to get "Windows

>> Picture and Fax Viewer" to release control of the picture? Thanks again.

>> Bob S.

>>

>>

>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:O3xW%23GdwIHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or

>>>folders open that are contained within it.

>>>

>>>Bob S wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>Thank you Tim. I understand it now. Earlier, I tried to change the name

>>>>of the folder and was denied access to change its name. This happened

>>>>several times even after changing the state of the "Read Only" state of

>>>>the files beneath it to not read-only. I also moved some files around

>>>>within the file structure under this folder and moved a few folders out

>>>>from under this folder. Then a few minutes ago I tried renaming it again

>>>>(on a lark) and it took it this time. Do you have any idea why the

>>>>system would NOT allow me to change the name earlier, and/or why it

>>>>would allow me to do it now?

>>>>Bob

>>>>

>>>>"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

>>>>news:f53u34h77qodsntjenisd5gmu4qujhiegu@4ax.com...

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>"Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is

>>>>>>read only

>>>>>>on my C: drive. I want to change the name of the folder, so went to

>>>>>>properties of the folder and removed the dot from "Read Only".

>>>>>>Unfortunately, it did not seem to stick, since when I tried to rename

>>>>>>the

>>>>>>folder, it denied access. So, I checked properties again and found

>>>>>>that it

>>>>>>was Read Only again. How can I remove the "Read Only" attribute?

>>>>>>Thanks in

>>>>>>advance.

>>>>>

>>>>>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.

>>>>>

>>>>>--

>>>>>Tim Slattery

>>>>>MS MVP(Shell/User)

>>>>>Slattery_T@bls.gov

>>>>>http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>

>>

>

 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...