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Old June 19th 04, 12:00 AM
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Default Changing a read only file to writable

E. Barry Bruyea wrote in
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You should be reminded that *all* files become 'Read Only' when copied
to CDR's or CDRW's.


For a quick and easy way to remove 'Read Only' from all files in a folder
and subfolders, cut and paste this registry hack into a text editor and
save as a plain text file called readonly.reg

Then merge it into your registry, depending on your settings you either
double-click this file, or right click and select merge.

When in explorer you will then have a new right click context menu item
called 'Clear Read Only Flag'

XXXXXXXX do not include this line XXXXXXXXX

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\readonly]
@="Clear Read Only flag"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\readonly\command]
@="attrib -R \"%1\\*.*\" /s"


XXXXXXXX do not include this line XXXXXXXXX


To Uninstall
=========
Open RegEdit.exe and remove the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\readonly


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