Q: WTF? I still uncheck the Read Only attribute, but for some reason, it is always checked and I can not delete some folders. Im the one who has the file, and Im an admin. what is it?
xp pro sp2
Re:NTFS or share permissions. Could be something has a lock on that file as well. sysinternals has a utility to help track this.
It's not that read-only attribute on the folder though. That's a red herring.
Re:Deletion isn't all there is to my issue – the file system space in question is a temp folder that a database application wants to write to and can't.
Re:Although the read only checkbox is visible for folders it is internally ignored. "Read only" only *attributes* (not to be confused with permissions) only applies to files, not folders.
If you are having trouble deleting something look at:
Read only attribute on individual files
NTFS permissions on files or folders
Share permissions.
Being unable to delete a file/folder has nothing to do with the read only checkbox you see on a folder.
Re:I am also having this problem on a W2K3 member server. I tried using the command-line attrib command mentioned in KB326549 as well as the reg entry from KB256614, no change. I have a greyed-out read-only check that makes it look like it is inherited, but it is not set anythere between my folder and the root.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
This is normal behaviour and nothing to worry about – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/en-us.
thanks will give it a try
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Are they within other folders that have different permissions?
yes but i have set it to changed those attributes also….
Re:This is normal behaviour and nothing to worry about – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/en-us.
Re:Are they within other folders that have different permissions?
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