My friend has a new laptop with Vista on it. Whenever he transfers or copies a file to another folder using windows explorer it changes the file to read only. Is ther any way to prevent the read only from being added to a file when transferred.
Thanks JimB
Results 1 to 5 of 5
Thread: Explorer
-
New Lounger
- Join Date
- Oct 2009
- Posts
- 8
- Thanks
- 2
- Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
2009-10-04 13:40
-
Subscribe to get a FREE chapter from Windows 7 The Missing Manual
This month, every Windows Secrets subscriber can download a one-chapter excerpt of Windows 7: The Missing Manual.Windows 7: The Missing Manual provides valuable information to help you overcome these difficulties in learning a new operating system. Subscribe today to download your free excerpt.
-
Super Moderator
- Join Date
- Dec 2000
- Location
- Renton, Washington, USA
- Posts
- 12,560
- Thanks
- 0
- Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
2009-10-04 13:59What is he transferring from, a CD, DVD, thumbdrive or what?
Now running HP Pavilion a6528p, with Win7 64 Bit OS.
-
New Lounger
- Join Date
- Oct 2009
- Posts
- 8
- Thanks
- 2
- Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
2009-10-04 14:59[quote name='DaveA' post='796283' date='04-Oct-2009 13:59']What is he transferring from, a CD, DVD, thumbdrive or what?[/quote]
He has transferred from a cd, a flash drive, and from another folder on his dirve C to another folder on his drive C. In all cases the Access file being transferred was turned into a read only file.
-
Super Moderator
- Join Date
- Dec 2000
- Location
- Renton, Washington, USA
- Posts
- 12,560
- Thanks
- 0
- Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
2009-10-04 15:08If it was copied from a CD or DVD to the C drive, then YES, they will be Read only. Then any time they are copied or moved again they will also be read only.
Right click the file select Properties, and then remove the read only check mark.
Now running HP Pavilion a6528p, with Win7 64 Bit OS.
-
Plutonium Lounger
- Join Date
- Oct 2001
- Location
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Posts
- 12,107
- Thanks
- 0
- Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
2009-10-05 05:31The C: drive to C: drive could possibly also be an "ownership" problem depending on the particular folder(s) involved and therefore require him to "take ownership" of the file(s).
