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  1. davehc
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    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
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    Another thread has just closed on the same issue. See post #10

    unsetting read only flag on folder does not stick
    Last edited by davehc; 05 Feb 2010 at 01:03.
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  3. nmnir
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    10xs!
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  4. tommygrealy
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    Windows 7 Ultimate
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    I have the OPPOSITE problem to everyone else. If I mark five files in a folder as READ-ONLY, then select all files in the folder and select delete. I first get the usual "are you sure you want to delete these 17 files" to which I hit "yes". But then it should prompt me again when it tries to delete the ones I have marked as read only but this doesnt happen!. I need this becuase when I take photos, I mark them as locked on my camera (which causes them to have the read-only attrib in windows) and I want to delete all but the ones I have locked. Windows completly ignores the read only attribute of these files and goes ahead and deletes them!. This is by FAR the most annoying thing I have encountered in Win7 - and its a long list! If I need to change the "type" associated with my account to change this, I will be sick... that will not work for me at all...
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