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Andrea - 17 Nov 2003 14:32 GMT

Hi,
I have this problem.
I have to set a file as "immutable" i.e. not moving, even with a defrag.
I read that "attrib" command is the answer, but when I tried, results are
not always successful.
Anyone has the right flags to be passed to the command?

Thanks in advance

Andrea Benetton

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philo - 17 Nov 2003 16:39 GMT

> Hi,
> I have this problem.
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>
> Andrea Benetton

i was just reading about that the other day...IIRC
use: attrib +s +a filename

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philo - 18 Nov 2003 00:59 GMT

> > Hi,
> > I have this problem.
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> i was just reading about that the other day...IIRC
> use: attrib +s +a filename

looks i did not remember correctly
sorry

attrib +h +s filename

(hidden and system )

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Jeff Richards - 17 Nov 2003 23:49 GMT

Defrag will not move lost allocation units. Use Scandisk to confirm there
aren't any. It will not move hidden system files, use Attrib /? to find the
attrib options. Note that removing hidden and system attributes will stop
some Windows procedures from functioning, so you should always restore
hidden and system attributes. You can append >filelist.txt to the attrib
command to create a log of what got changed.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP W95/W98

> Hi,
> I have this problem.
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>
> Andrea Benetton

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Andrea - 18 Nov 2003 17:04 GMT

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Thanks to all for your answers.

I have solved setting same attributes (S,H,R, not A) found on file IO.SYS,
which are a file that cannot be moved.

Andrea Benetton

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