Changing from read only

[Antony]

When I Store my files on a CDrom they get changed to read only files. When I out them back on my hard drive they are still read only. Is there a way to change read only attributes of many files in a bulk way? I am tired of opening all the folders and changing the files within each folder. I am running Win98 SE and using Adaptec CD creator 4 to make the cdroms.
Thanks
Antony

 

[juiio]

You can select multiple items and choose properties, or you can go to the root directory, uncheck read only, then choose "apply changes to folders, subfolders and files"

 

[Shudder]

That's some good advice however I am not so sure it works with 98SE. I know for a fact it does in 2k and I'm very sure it does in WinME, but 98se may not apply everything to subfolders and files.

Also, if there's some files that aren't read only in the directory I don't think it'll work, so you'll have to set them all to read only first then uncheck them.

 

[huanaku]

You can do it easily from a dos prompt:

get to the main folder (c:\cd_stuff for example) and type the following command:

attrib -r *.* /s

that will get rid of the read-only attribute for that directory and all subdirectories. You can also do -a, -h, -s in that command to get rid of other attributes.

 

[Antony]

<< You can select multiple items and choose properties, or you can go to the root directory, uncheck read only, then choose &quot;apply changes to folders, subfolders and files&quot; >>


This does not seem to work in Win 98 SE I can change all the files and subdirectories to read only this way but they cannot be changed back by unchecking read only and choosing &quot;apply changes&quot;

 

[Dan]

Antony: Great question! I was faced with the same dilemma -- and never thought to post about it here. 😕

juiio: Thanks. I just converted 4.6GB of files from &quot;read only&quot; in one fell swoop! 😀

 

[CivilRightsLawyer]

does the edit-select all work to change attributes of bulk files?

i had that problem when i got my first cd burner in 1998....