Can't change from read only

[nmnir]

Hi All,

I have just installed win 7. When I'm creating a new folder it sets it as read only. When I'm removing the read only from the check box it is remains read only.

What can I do???

Thanks,
Nahum

 

[Adrian]

Hi All,

I have just installed win 7. When I'm creating a new folder it sets it as read only. When I'm removing the read only from the check box it is remains read only.

What can I do???

Thanks,
Nahum

Welcome to Windows 7 Support forums.
Check your UAC and how your account is set up.
If you do not have admin privelages re-set your account to system administrator to raise your permission level in your UAC.

 

[nmnir]

Thanks,

I am an administartor on this machine.

 

[nmnir]

I'm the owner of this folder.

 

[gladson1976]

Unlike the Read-only attribute for a file, the Read-only attribute for a folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows components and accessories, and other programs.

This behavior is by design.

You cannot change the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

Check out the Cause, Workaround and Status sections in the link.

 

[nmnir]

Thanks but it didn't help.
I have ran attrib -r -s C:\myfolder and it is still read only

 

[Dzomlija]

Hi All,

I have just installed win 7. When I'm creating a new folder it sets it as read only. When I'm removing the read only from the check box it is remains read only.

What can I do???

Thanks,
Nahum

The "Read Only" attribute of which you are speaking, it is one of the following:

1. Clear (Read Only if Off). The folder, and none of the files it contains have the readonly-attribute set.
2. A Checkmark? (Read Only is set). The folder, and all the files it contains are read-only.
3. Filled in? (Read Only is not determined). Some of the files within the folder are read-only, and some are not. This state also holds true for newly created folders.

 

[gladson1976]

try

attrib C:\myfolder

does it say,

       C:\myfolder

or

   R   C:\myfolder

if its the first one, then the folder is not readonly.

Anyway, the readonly option in the properties dialog only says "Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)"

 

[nmnir]

OK so it is not read only. Thank you so far. Now the problem is that new folders are created as read only so I can't copy recursevly from my linux machine using ssh.

Any tips?

Thanks,
Nahum

 

[gladson1976]

according to the microsoft link i posted,

This behavior is by design.

 

[davehc]

Another thread has just closed on the same issue. See post #10

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ing-read-only-flag-folder-does-not-stick.html

 

[nmnir]

10xs!

 

[tommygrealy]

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...