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Thread ID: 114670	2010-12-12 20:50:00	All folders 'Read Only' and greyed out?	Billy T (70)	Press F1

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1161204	2010-12-12 20:50:00	Pursuing my issues with the 'Read Only' SD card I have found that all folders on my computer (or at least my data drive) have been set to 'Read Only' and being greyed out, I can't change them. I discovered this when I tried to rename one folder and it declined my offer. I was renaming folders as recently as a week ago without problems. Since this appears to have been a global change, I'm picking (and hoping) that there may be a similarly global means to reverse this. I used to do this sort of thing globally in DOS, and XTree / ZTree but I'm wary of making a king-size muckup! I've had a good look, but since I don't venture under the bonnet too often I've not found anything hlepdful yet. I expected to find in at the root of the disk (or partition in many cases here) but either I'm blind, or stupid, or perhaps Mrs T is right and I need a minder and a leash. So far as I can see with a spot check, all files remain read/write. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: :help:	Billy T (70)
1161205	2010-12-12 21:12:00	Robocopy has a reset/change attrib switch /A-:RASHNT pretty sure you can use robocopy to change attribs on existing files You may need to google it further	1101 (13337)
1161206	2010-12-12 23:44:00	Robocopy has a reset/change attrib switch /A-:RASHNT pretty sure you can use robocopy to change attribs on existing files You may need to google it further Thanks, but I'll hold on that for a while though. I've found an answer on Google that is specific to this issue and it requires entry of this: attrib -r +s d:\[folder name] at the command prompt, but my prompt doesn't come with the root as C:\, instead I get C:\Documents and Settings\User Name> I am reasonably comfortable at the command prompt, having used it extensively over the years, but I'm rather reluctant to enter a command prefixed by all of that gumbo. However, I have been unable to change that to the C:\ prompt on its own. It insists on retaining that path. Is that actually acting as a default root, or what am I doing wrong here? Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused:	Billy T (70)
1161207	2010-12-12 23:48:00	Use the command CD\ to step back to the root of C: When you get there try attrib /? for various commands.	Snorkbox (15764)
1161208	2010-12-13 01:10:00	Use the command CD\ to step back to the root of C: When you get there try attrib /? for various commands. Mrs T might be right! Maybe I am losing my grip. I had tried the 'change directory' command but must have used CD/ instead! :blush: Cheers Billy 8-{) Well, I got it right and it executed but the folder is still read only!	Billy T (70)
1161209	2010-12-13 11:04:00	Maybe this will help www.computerhope.com	feersumendjinn (64)
1161210	2010-12-13 21:15:00	What OS. If Win7 you may need to change permissions before you can change read only. If so Right click on your data directory and go to security.	mikebartnz (21)
1161211	2010-12-21 03:18:00	Well I never!!!!! The SD card returned to normal of its own accord and now reads, writes & deletes etc (I took it away on a brief holiday so it must have just needed a change of scenery and less swearing.) :D However, I still can't rename folders on my computer. Maybe I should send it on holiday with Speedy, then it might behave when it gets back! It is not a major problem anyway, not as annoying as the SD card was, so I'll come back to it in a few weeks. Cheers Billy 8-{) :)	Billy T (70)
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