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Clearing read-only flag when copying from CD
"Peabody" wrote in message
news:xCTkd.1901$Dk.1144@lakeread08... When I copy files from a CD to my hard drive, the read-only attribute is set on all the files, presumably because the CD is a read-only medium. I just wondered if there's any easy way to reset that flag in the process of copying. PowerDesk lets you select a whole directory full of files, then alter File Attributes for all. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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You can change the read-only attribute on all the files after the copy is completed.
Open the folder on the hard drive where all the files have been copied. Press Ctrl+A to select all the files, then right-click on one of the files, and choose Properties on the menu that appears. In the Attributes section of the property sheet, uncheck the box for Read-only, and click OK. You could also use this neat little freeware to do it: Attrib-R http://www.geocities.com/edgemeal_software/Attrib-R.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Peabody" wrote in message news:xCTkd.1901$Dk.1144@lakeread08... When I copy files from a CD to my hard drive, the read-only attribute is set on all the files, presumably because the CD is a read-only medium. I just wondered if there's any easy way to reset that flag in the process of copying. Also, while it may be OT here, would the answer be any different in XP? |
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