jim

You have a problem all right, but the readonly attribute you see in Windows
Explorer is not the cause. In fact, if you right click on the box which
shows readonly, you will find what the box is supposed to mean.

Instead, the most likely cause is improper permissions. You should inspect
the user's permissions on his folder. Be careful to trace the permissions
up the chain because most are inherited.

Jim

michael a. covington

See also this:

http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/...ex.html#050901

wesley vogel

A green or gray checkmark.

First it depends on the theme used.

If you have Windows Classic theme like I do, you'll see a gray checkmark.

If you are using some other theme and the Themes service is running you will
see a green checkmark.

If you select 10 files, right click them, select Properties, click on the
Advanced button on the General tab, chances are that more than one attribute
will have a gray or green checkmark. This means that out of those 10 files,
they do not share all of the same attributes, some files have an attribute
set and some do not.

The Read-only check box in Folder Properties does NOT apply to the folder.

The Read-only check box for folders is there for convenience, it allows you
to change the Read-only attribute of all the files contained in that folder.
The Read-only check box indicates whether the files in the folder are
Read-only, NOT the folder. If you select this check box all of the files
in the folder will be Read-only. If you clear the check box, none of the
files in the folder will be Read-only. If the check appears green or gray,
then some of the files in that folder MAY be Read-only.

If the check appears green or gray, it indicates either a mixed (some of the
files may be Read-only) or undetermined condition. Windows Explorer
displays the green or gray check because it would take too long to verify
the state of the read-only attribute for every file in the folder.

The HELP question mark (?) explains it this way.
[[Specifies whether the files in this folder are read-only, which means that
they cannot be changed or accidentally deleted.

For multiple folders, if you select this check box all of the files in the
folders will be read-only. If you clear the check box, none of the files in
the selected folders will be read-only.]]

Folders cannot have the Read-only attribute. What it means is parse the
desktop.ini file.

You *CANNOT* tell from Windows Explorer if a folder is Read-only or System
unless you display the Attributes column in Details View. The Attributes
column can display R, H, S, A, C & E. And you certainly cannot change the
System or Read-only attribute for any folders using Windows Explorer.

If you're looking at Folder Properties, you *CANNOT* tell if a folder is
System or Read-only. Only Hidden, Archived, Compressed, Encrypted or
Indexed. Read-only does *NOT* apply to the folder, only the files in that
folder.

Read-only for folders does not mean Read-only like it does with files.

A file that is marked Read-only can be read, but it cannot be changed or
deleted.

You can delete, rename, move or change a folder that has the Read-only
attribute set. But if it's a System folder, you'll get a Warning.

For folders the Read-only and System attributes are used by Windows Explorer
to determine whether a folder is a Special folder or whether you have
customized the folder using the Customize tab of Folder Properties.

If you customized a folder using the Customize tab of Folder Properties, a
desktop.ini file is created in that folder.

Desktop.ini files normally have the Hidden and System attributes.

Special folders include:
Cookies, Control Panel, Desktop, Downloaded Program Files, Favorites, Fonts,
History, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos, Recycle Bin, Shared
Documents, Shared Music, Shared Pictures, Shared Videos, SendTo, Start Menu,
Startup, Temporary Internet Files, etc.

Most of those Special Folders have a desktop.ini file. Sometimes the
desktop.ini file cannot be seen (super hidden). The desktop.ini file in
Downloaded Program Files, for example cannot be seen.

To see the desktop.ini for Downloaded Program Files...
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...

%windir%\Downloaded Program Files\desktop.ini

The desktop.ini should open.

When a folder has the Read-Only attribute set, Windows Explorer reads the
Desktop.ini of that folder to see if any special folder settings need to be
set. That is all Read-only means for a folder.

The Read-only check box in Folder Properties does NOT apply to the folder.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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