"Read-only (Only applies to files in folder)" is grayed out

I write click on a folder and see that the "Read-only (Only applies to
files in folder)" attribute is checked and grayed out. I uncheck it,
click Apply, and leave the "Apple changes to this folder, subfolders
and files" radio button clicked. I hit OK and a few minutes later all
the permissions are supposedly updated. I then try to copy a file
into a subfolder and... I can't. It's as though the folder, itself,
is Read-only and that the "Read-only (Only applies to files in
folder)" checkbox does indeed "only apply to files in folders" and not
to folders, themselves.

I go to a folder that has no subfolders in it and see that the "Read-
only (Only applies to files in folder)" checkbox for that is grayed
out and checked, as well. I uncheck it and right click and... it
works. I right click on the parent directory (which contains no other
subfolders) and do the same thing and... it's still grayed out.

Any ideas?

"yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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>I write click on a folder and see that the "Read-only (Only applies to
> files in folder)"

This is not a chat room - read the answer I gave in the reply to your first
post...

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"Cat-In-A-Flat" <> wrote in message
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> Hit the Start Orb, All Programs, Accessories, right click on Windows
> Explorer, select Run as administrator.
> Then try what you are trying to do.


Won't change anything - folders in Vista are always Read-Only. It doesn't
affect anything inside the folders....

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You're running in circles over something that does not exist. That attribute
can only be applied to files and it's showing on a folder is inconsequential
to the files within it.

You can't change the attribute at the folder level because it doesn't exist.
It appears there because a folder has been customized.

Even though it appears on the folder, it does not apply to the files within
it.

More on this non-problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/

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"yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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>I write click on a folder and see that the "Read-only (Only applies to
> files in folder)" attribute is checked and grayed out. I uncheck it,
> click Apply, and leave the "Apple changes to this folder, subfolders
> and files" radio button clicked. I hit OK and a few minutes later all
> the permissions are supposedly updated. I then try to copy a file
> into a subfolder and... I can't. It's as though the folder, itself,
> is Read-only and that the "Read-only (Only applies to files in
> folder)" checkbox does indeed "only apply to files in folders" and not
> to folders, themselves.
>
> I go to a folder that has no subfolders in it and see that the "Read-
> only (Only applies to files in folder)" checkbox for that is grayed
> out and checked, as well. I uncheck it and right click and... it
> works. I right click on the parent directory (which contains no other
> subfolders) and do the same thing and... it's still grayed out.
>
> Any ideas?

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> More on this non-problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/
>


Thanks for that link - I couldn't find it!

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Rick Rogers <> wrote:
>
> You're running in circles over something that does not exist. That
> attribute can only be applied to files and it's showing on a folder is
> inconsequential to the files within it.
>
> You can't change the attribute at the folder level because it doesn't
> exist. It appears there because a folder has been customized.
>
> Even though it appears on the folder, it does not apply to the files
> within it.
>
> More on this non-problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/
>

The Read-Only attribute does exist for folders. You just cannot modify it
within Explorer. All the User Shell Folders in the Users folder has the
Read Only attribute set, and I set it for all folder that I apply custom
icons to, using desktop.ini files to point to the icon location.

ss.