File and Folder Read only attribute wont disable

yeah, but we're addressing 2 different people with similar but different problems.

the ops issue is the vista/7 program files permission restrictions while the second is a folder that lacks permissions for this user account i think.

Thanks squall, but the work-around of moving everything to a new folder is impractical. i have a new computer with win7 and have copied all my files from my old computer. I now have thousands of folders that are seemingly-irreversibly read-only. This is very not cool.

Is there no way to transfer folders from other computers and not end up with read-only?

Thanks

Everyone needs to take a step back on this. These are not file permissions that are Read Only. These are ATTRIBUTES that are Read Only. There is a big difference between the two.

I'm getting an error in my Drupal 6 website. filename.tmp in folder /tmp cannot be copied. I'm running Windows 7 64bit. I am unable to remove the Read-Only attribute on the /tmp folder. I am logged in as admin and according to the Properties tab for /tmp, I have all the permissions. I uncheck the square for Read Only and it does not change it. I did this command, attrib -r -s c:\path\tmp but it didn't work. Any suggestions?

jav said:

1. First question, why are you trying to do it?

2. look here:
Unable to remove Read-Only attribute from folder
You cannot view or change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

To view or to remove the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Vista or Windows 7
Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER..
To view the syntax for the Attrib command, type attrib /? at the command prompt.
To remove the Read-only attribute and to set the System attribute, use the following command:
attrib -r +s drive:\<path>\<foldername>
For example, to remove the Read-only attribute and to set the System attribute for the C:\Test folder, use the following command:
attrib -r +s c:\test
Be aware that some programs may not operate correctly with folders for which the System attribute and the Read-only attribute are set. Therefore, use the following command to remove these attributes:
attrib -r -s drive:\<path>\<foldername>
For example, to remove both the Read-only and the System attributes from the C:\Test folder, use the following command:
attrib -r -s c:\test
If the Run command is not listed on the Start menu, do the following:
Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run..

note: Open cmd with run as administrator

yes, it works... but i want to hide file (not folder) as system file how can do this? : )

Hi

I am logged in with an account that is in the administrator group, I have a folder that is not a system folder, and my account has full permissions on it.
Yesterday the app that uses this folder (and which created it) could write to it quite happily, but today it fails when trying to update the contents.
The 'attributes' for the folder show a solid square in the read-only box. If I 'un-box' the read-only and apply, when I look at the attributes again the box is still here.

So my question is, if it's not (which it shouldn't be) some sort of protected Windows folder, and I have full permissions on the folder (supposedly), why does Windows not respect my wishes, get out of the way, and let me set it to what I want it to be?

Many thanks.

I have the same problem. I need to upload license file to a folder, but I am unable to. I tried that from administrator account (so I have full control NTFS permissions), there is no desktop.ini file anywhere (yes, I did view hidden and system files), but still the read-only persists. I am not even able to remove inheritance for NTFS permissions or to modify them in any way. Not even from builtin administrator account. Obviously, running as administrator won't help, since I want to copy a file in a folder, not to run an application. Command line command does not work, it always says "file not found". Anyone has some PowerShell script or something to solve this?