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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008read only files
i hav a new asus lappy with the main hd drive partitioned in 2 plus recovery section (as it comes), and 2 external usb hdd in enclosures. am running vista ultimate, i am the administrator of the system, only user, no guest accounts. UAC is off. now my problem is that ALL the drives have turned them selves into "ready only" and i cannot delete any folders, files or stuff. click on a folder an check properties, "read only" highlighted. uncheck it, it comes up with a box asking if i want to change this option, click yes, goes off, comes back saying i need admin rights to do this. but i am the admin of the system as far as i know i havent changed anything. any thoughts??? thanks in advance Hi, Read-only, as an attribute, applies only to files not folders. The attribute cannot be changed because it doesn't actually exist even though it appears to. It's appearance happens as a side affect of customizing a folder. This is a known quirk that happens in XP as well. Whether or not a file is read-only has no bearing on whether or not you can delete it. That would be a permissions issue.  SignatureBest of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com >i hav a new asus lappy with the main hd drive partitioned in 2 plus >recovery [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > thanks in advance > Read-only, as an attribute, applies only to files not folders. The > attribute cannot be changed because it doesn't actually exist even though > it appears to. Not sure what you mean there, as the ATTRIB command works on folders, and you even need the read-only attribute set on User Shell Folders for their icons to display. > It's appearance happens as a side affect of customizing a folder. This is > a known quirk that happens in XP as well. Do you mean the grey tick? I thought the explanation for that was that it just means that the folder may or may not contain read-only files (it does not know, as finding out could take ages which deep hierarchies). Well, that's what I have thought for nearly a decade, and it seems to fit perfectly. ss. Hi, I find this article to be the best explanation of why it's there: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256614 Shell folders are unique in how they function and, as you stated, are handled differently by the OS. SignatureBest of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com >> Read-only, as an attribute, applies only to files not folders. The >> attribute cannot be changed because it doesn't actually exist even though [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > ss. > Whether or not a file is read-only has no bearing on whether or not you can > delete it. That would be a permissions issue. OK then how do i setup 'permissions' to all the drives/folders connected to my comp? thanks alan Edit permissions on the security tab of the root folder's properties. SignatureBest of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com >> Whether or not a file is read-only has no bearing on whether or not you >> can [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > alan > Edit permissions on the security tab of the root folder's properties. Hi, I have the same problem, however Vista Ultimate 64 SP1 will change on reboot so a whole drive as seen in Logical Disk Manager is Read Only. Shut down, leave it for a while, re-boot and its OK, but now another physical drive is now read only. It seems to be a random thing, the only good thing so far is it hasn't affected the physical drive hosting C. Mike |
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