It's not going to do much good to keep discussing this, because as I pointed out yesterday Vista does not normally behave this way. Yes, if you view the properties on the disk it will show as read only, but after copied back to the hard drive they don't.
Rather than discuss a non-existent issue, try it yourself first. I just now tried it again, this time using the Vista built-in burner. PS I don't remember this ever happening to me in XP either. At work we still burn a ton of data DVDs for archiving, and nobody yet has required any explanation why they can't edit those files (but I don't have one to check). On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, TPiwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > XP had the unfortunate habit of setting the read-only flag of files copied > to CDs. Copying such files back to the hard drive left the read-only flag > set. I had to go to Properties to uncheck the read-only box before I could > edit the files. > > Today I did same with Vista. Again the problem with the read-only flag. > Except this time after I uncheck the read-only box (and press Apply etc), I > find that the files continues to be read only. When I reopen Properties I > find the read-only box has been rechecked. I go round and round several > times, but the read-only flag can not be disabled. Why is is so persistent? > How do I get to edit my files? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
