lock icon next to my user name??

NTFS said:

Nothing is encrypted here - look in the advanced properties, the encrypted check box for my User folder is unchecked; there is no encryption. These files can be opened by any OS.

now they are not, but if u look in the first pic you can see there was a lock and how when i transfer a file over to another partition it had a lock. ive since fixed the problem. and yes my question would also be how are they getting encrypted in the beginning.

Either way, the lock signifies read only - encryption isn't on, as the check box isn't enabled. You must have broken permissions and ACL's some how.

notice how now there is no lock under my user name, so i believe the problem is fixed. thats why i posted original questions thanks all for helping.

Possibly, but that doesn't look right.

NTFS said:

Either way, the lock signifies read only - encryption isn't on, as the check box isn't enabled. You must have broken permissions and ACL's some how.

yea i dont understand it, how it became a read only file, the problem was a major one back when this happen like a month ago, image all your files lost. anyhow thanks again