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Thread ID: 67609	2006-04-01 08:39:00	Moving read only files automatically	netchicken (4843)	Press F1

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442769	2006-04-01 08:39:00	Nothing seems to drive me more nuts than when moving heaps of files setting it up and returning later to see a message "Do you want to move the read only file ...?" with only a few files moved and everything stopped. There seems to be a thumbsDB as well which must be a windows file that always stops any file transfer. Is there a way to move ALL files, regardless of the read only status?	netchicken (4843)
442770	2006-04-01 09:07:00	maybe this open folder where files are, CTRL A, right click>select properties> remove read only status You maybe able to do this at container folder level(right click>select properties> remove read only status) and when asked select apply to all files and subfolders. This works in XP not sure about 2Kor NT	beama (111)
442771	2006-04-01 09:17:00	Files in Windows have attributes. These include "read only", "hidden", "system" and "archive". You can use win explorer to go to a folder or directory then start run and type in "attrib *.* -r -h -s" This will remove the attributes and you can move them where you like. Obviously you need to be careful when using commands like that. I often copy files from CDRom which have the read only attribute set by default to a hard drive then issue "attrib *.* -r" to remove the read only flag.	Sweep (90)
442772	2006-04-01 09:27:00	Hi netchicken. I used to have a free programme when I regularly used Windows 98 which could run through everything and make attrribute changes. I probably still have it somewhere on the old machine. In the meantime, try entering something like -change attributes program- in to Google and you'll get plenty of responses.	Scouse (83)
442773	2006-04-01 09:48:00	If it is just thumbs.DB causing the problem just delete them as they are just Windows files to show thumbnails and will be recreated.	mikebartnz (21)
442774	2006-04-01 09:54:00	I think the problem is what is driving netchicken nuts which people have assumed it's the read-only attribute, that's not his problem . He's wanting to do something on Windows, in which Windows continuously prompts their users (thinking they are dumb) with things like are you sure you want to move/delete a read-only file, are you sure you want to rename this file, doing so may make it not work, blah blah blah . What peeves me off the most though, is trying to delete a whole directory only to be told that a file is in use and cannot be done, but instead of continuing on with what can be done, it stops where it encountered the problem, leaving the rest of the files to be delete, in which I go back and select all the others excluding the one that's in use and delete those and again maybe presented with that message, so it's a continous thing . Another one is copying files to another location that may have same named files, etc, there's an option that lets you say yes to all, but there's no option that lets you say no to all, in which you could have 100s of files named the same, but your only means of making sure it's going to not overwrite the files, is to hold down the 'N' key until it finishes . Same with shutting down, I shutdown/restart the computer, go away for a while, come back to find that I'm stuck with an End This Program now box waiting for my command when what I was expecting was either the machine have shutdown or restarted . It's what I told the computer to do, but it did not listen . I could relate this to when I was young and my mum had to tell me three times before I would do something (chores) . This is exactly like Windows, you have to tell it three times or more before it'd do something as well . This is when I think my mum is right with she says once should be enough . How about putting it like this, you're using Windows as a timer for a bomb that will go off in an hour, but when it reaches 0 it prompts you with a message asking if you're sure . So you've probably skipped the country by now, but have to return back just to answer that question and then it'd be too late to get away from the explosion . Sorry that I don't have a solution, but it's been a Windows problem for a long time and just something that I just put up with . I use Linux mostly now, so I don't run into these types of problems . Cheers, KK	Kame (312)
442775	2006-04-01 10:53:00	From what I gather there is no registry trick to do this. You best bet is to use xcopy from the command prompt. As for the shutdown issue, read this (www.johntp.com) or tools such as psshutdown will do the trick. I feel your pain, the mac Finder does the same thing for example i.e. it will halt copying when it encounters something "bad". At least you can jump to the shell and do it all with commands.	gibler (49)
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