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Please Help! files marked as read only will not change
I opened Windows Explorer to find that Program Files is Read-Only!! WTF?!?!?! I right-clicked, chose Properties, and unchecked Read-Only. It gave me the option to apply the changes to all sub-folders and files, which of course I chose. After it was done, I re-opened Eudora and got the same error message!

OE files
The IDE is forever throwing stuff into your source files, and it is quite an eye opener to see just what it does change without you even knowing about it. It is unfortunate that read-only just doesn't work with the BDB IDE. You'll run into all kinds of headaches if you make your files read-only, as you've already

How to move or delete a file marked read only or system file ...
riki see_my_home@page microsoft public smartphone developer r...@mageware.com wrote: I am trying to move a file that is marked as READ ONLY and SYSTEM in its file attributes and it fails. I am doing this during CAB installation using a cesetup DLL. It works if I change the device security configuration to be

open file marked read-only in foxpro
Navigate to the file in question. Right-click the file name, select 'Properties'. If it's marked 'Read only', uncheck it. Is this a file that was copied from somewhere, Those files are normally marked 'Read Only'). Or maybe you use a third party editor that saves it this way as an option ... Sorry.

read only files
Hi As you know, the Program Files folder is a special folder and normally has its read-only attribute set in order for it to display a warning message when viewed as a Web page - read-only enables the desktop.ini and folder.htt files to be parsed. For ages my folder has had "read-only" marked but recently,

Making CDR files NOT "Read Only"
When you copy a file off a cdrom the file is always marked as read -only. Just right click the file itself, properties, then uncheck the box. If that doesn't work, then it sounds like the file is corrupt. Don Wash wrote: Hi All! I have been experiencing this extremely frustrating problem today, on my computer using

Can't remove read-only attribute
I have saved the file on the C: drive (I even re-created the website on a blank page) The error message reads " Cannot save 'Index.htm'. The folder is marked as 'Read only'. (After i see this i proceed to check the "file properties" however the attributes such as 'Read only' are Grayed out, and Unchecked.

How do I un-set read only for all files and folders?
Guys, There is another thread on this matter running in this group, and as some people pointed out (Ronnie Vernon and Sandi Hardmeier), they have the "Program Files" folder marked as Read Only also, only not behaving in this manner. My "Program Files" folder and "My Documents" folders are marked as read only,

read only file
Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) user@#notme.com microsoft public windowsxp accessibility By it's very nature, any file on a CD-R is going to be read only because it cannot be changed on that media. As to the Folder attribute, all folders under Windows XP are marked read only, it's a system attribute

Can't open Excel-file with error "read only...)
If you're trying to decrypt through the UI (not commandline "cipher.exe"), files and folders should decrypt whether they're marked read-only or not. The shell will flip the r/o attribute off, decrypt the files and folders, then reapply the r/o attribute to the files/folders that had it before the decrypt.

Check For Read-only
Check the files in question directly. Remove the Read Only attribute in their properties sheets. As to why the file is getting marked read only over and over... Are you restoring it from a backup on CD? If yes, it's normal to have to remove the Read Only attribute from files. The program the file belongs to may be

xl2003 "cannot save - folder marked read only"
the READ ONLY toggle is marked. (in local dirs there is no problem with it) I can remove this mark and open the dwg-file with full access but it's tiresome. DRAWING FILE ATTRIBUTES ARE MARKED READ-ONLY AutoCAD drawing files will be marked as Read-Only and the message 'cannot write to that file and changes

All Drives/All Files are marked as "Read-Only" Ideas?
No one else is in the file (and I have even attempted to share the file). We are using a shared drive on a network. I can come back to my workstation and everything works fine. Anyone have any ideas? I have checked the properties on both the file and the folder, but they are not marked as read-only.

Can't open remote read-only files. 2nd request
As has been mentioned in the thread, only *some* files marked read-only cannot be opened. Not *all*. I tried opening the same files with WP7 and had no problem. Yet another reason I like WP7 much better than 8. But alas, we own licenses for 8, not 7. Bleah. My plan was to have a couple dozen blank forms in a public

All Office files marked as read only - how? why? can't save!
Using Windows XP and Office XP - In Word, a user opens a file and it is in "read-only" mode. The file is on a network shared drive, but it is not in use by anyone else at that time. When you look at the file in explorer, it is not marked "read only" Upon opening the file, there is no message saying "this file is in

Win2K3 server folders marked read-only !!!
I have some files on the network that are marked read-only. When I try to delete them Vista says: Destination Folder Access Denied You need permission to perform this action Try Again | Cancel I thought it was permission related, but I have full permissions to the file and I get this even if I run elevated.

Read-only .pst files
The system files msdos.sys and io.sys are two instances where the read-only attribute is used with good reason. These files also have the attributes "hidden" and "system" set as well. Many other files, such as command.com and certain .dll files will also normally be marked "read only" to protect them.

Read Only MDF LDF files
If you load a Read-Only form (.dfm) file in the IDE, Delphi will not show you it's read-only; You can resize the form, move components around on the form, etc. Only if you try to delete stuff on it or try to save the changed form will Delphi protest saying "the edit buffer is marked as read-only".

read-only
D...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public access When you copy a file onto CD, the file is marked as "Read-Only". When you copy this file back to the hard-disk, this "Read-Only" flag is carried over to the copy on the hard-disk. When you open this "Read-Only" file with Access, you cannot edit any data since

The 'Program Files' folder and its read-only attribute
Only message I get occasionally is something about read only, but when the box won't untick nothing happens if I want to rename etc. Sometimes all operates perfectly all "seems" unrelated to programs running or run in a session As to a file, even if marked read only, it can still be erased or renamed,