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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 1 / May 2008Cannot remove "Read Only" from folder
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 >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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >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? 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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.  SignatureTerry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. 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 > The date and time was 5/29/2008 9:19 AM, and on a whim, Bob S pounded out > on the keyboard: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created > folder. You may have to take ownership of it. Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created >>folder. You may have to take ownership of it. 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. > Open Help and Support, and look up "take ownership". You will find the > instructions at the "take ownership of file or folder" link. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created >>>folder. You may have to take ownership of it. 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]. > The instructions told me to find (in Win explorer) the folder to get > ownership of and right-click properties, then click the security tab. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>>>that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user created >>>>folder. You may have to take ownership of it. 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. > This is from the Help two links down from the Take Ownership link > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>>>But that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user >>>>>created folder. You may have to take ownership of it. Most welcome, have a great day!. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >>>>>>But that wouldn't prevent you from renaming the folder it was a user >>>>>>created folder. You may have to take ownership of it. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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 >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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >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. SignatureTim Slattery MS MVP(Shell/User) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt 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 >>I have XP Media Center Edition with SP2 and have a folder which is read >>only [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the > result of what you've done. You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or folders open that are contained within it. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the >>result of what you've done. 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. > You may not change the name of a folder while something has files or > folders open that are contained within it. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the >>>result of what you've done. 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 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 [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >>>>If you bring up the same box for the individual files, you'll see the >>>>result of what you've done. Thanks again Bob. Bob > 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 [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] >>>>>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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