Frances [MSFT]
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Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:48 am Post subject:
RE: Can't change folder from Read Only? Win 2003 Server |
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Hello Rob,
Good to hear from you.
According to your message, your concern is about the Read Only attribute on
your shared folder. Please don't worry about it. The Read Only attribute on
folders are designed to be in the "tri-state" in win2k3 and winxp. It will
not affect your work.
The read-only attribute for folders exists for preventing the read-only
attribute to be changed through the UI. There are two reasons for this:
a. The read-only bit on a folder is meaningless to the file system. You can
still delete, rename, and in other ways mutilate a read-only folder.
b. The shell overloads this bit to mean "go and check to see if this is a
special folder", so unsetting this on special shell folders makes them
appear normal. (All customizations are lost.)
So, when you bring up the property sheet page for a single folder, the
read-only checkbox will always be in the "tri-state". It still exists for
users who want to modify the attributes of the contents of the folder, not
the attributes of the folder itself. Therefore if you change the checkbox
from the "tri-state" to either checked or unchecked, you will be applying
attributes to files in the folder (possibly recursively) but not to any
subfolders.
When you bring up the property sheet page for several selected folders, the
read-only checkbox will be checked if all folders are read-only, unchecked
if all of the selected folders are not read-only, and it will be in the
"tri-state" if some folders are read-only and others are not. As in the
single-folder case, if you change this attribute, we only apply it to files
in the selected folders.
More information can be found in the article below.
You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
If you have any further questions don't hesitate to get in touch!
Best regards,
Frances He
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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