Excel files saving as read-only on CDRW/CDR..Help!

[Topher2000]

I've tried saving some Excel files to both CDR and CDRW media. Each time the files save correctly, however, they are saved as read-only and I can't alter them from the disc. I need to move these files to my office computer and be able to alter them and not just 'read-only'. I know I'm missing something easy, so please be gentle. I've 'right-clicked', selected 'properties' and 'unchecked' the read-only option. Each time I 'right-click' and view the properties again it has reverted to READ-ONLY. HELP!

 

[MazerRackham]

How are you "saving" them to the CDRW disk? You using a re-write program to do that? DirectCD or inCD will work...

 

[spanky]

anything u open from a cd will be read only. to my knowledge... there is no program that will allow u to open, modify, and then save a file directly onto a cd. u'll prolly need to use the "save as" option and save the modified file to ur hd (or floppy) first, and then burn it again.

 

[Topher2000]

Thank you!
I've tried burning it a few different ways. Direct CD and Easy CD Creator mostly. Every time I read it from my work cd-rom it shows 'read-only'. The files are not marked as read-only when I burn them. Only after burning do they change. The only thing I've found to do is to copy them from the cdr/rw onto my office HD and once there I can go through and select the files in each folder and uncheck the 'read-only' box in properties. There are approx. 20 folders so this is getting to be time consuming. I've tried selecting properties of the primary folder and removing the 'read-only', however, it doesn't filter down to the subfolders. Any other suggestions? Thank you so far!

 

[bozo1]

There is nothing to suggest. Things are working exactly how they are supposed to.

 

[Topher2000]

I'm sure there is a great reason or two or three. It's just a pain for me.
Is there an faster way for me to revert files saved from my cdr/rw from read-only?
A mass properties conversion on my primary folder? Normally, this would be fine, but it's going to be used on several work systems and that means a lot of extra time. Thank you for all the help so far!

 

[dude]

Are the systems networked? If so, do the hard work on one system, then just copy them over the network. Or if they are networked, why not have the drive mapped so everyone can see it?

 

[MrMilney]

Drop to a command prompt, change to the folder where the files are located and type the following command:

attrib -r /s

That will remove the read only attribute for all files in the current folder as well as any subfolders under it. Somewhere on this board there is a person who is less lazy than I and may write a batch file or shell script that will automate this for you.

 

[Topher2000]

Great idea! Unfortunately they are isolated systems. I really appreciate all the help on this. I think I'm just stuck with the current way of doing things. Thanks!!!

 

[Topher2000]

WooHoo! Thank you very much! It works and it's simple! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

 

[MrMilney]

Originally posted by: MrMilney
Drop to a command prompt, change to the folder where the files are located and type the following command:

attrib -r /s

That will remove the read only attribute for all files in the current folder as well as any subfolders under it. Somewhere on this board there is a person who is less lazy than I and may write a batch file or shell script that will automate this for you.

If your machines are running Windows XP you can use attrib -r /s /d to remove the read only attribute from the subfolders themselves as well. This is probably true under Win2K and NT too but I can't confirm it. It won't work under 9x though.