Re: [SaF] Program Needed
Mine did that as well Jahmehr, however I just reassigned the attributes manually. But i only had 20 or so to change. - Original Message - From: Jahmehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:16 AM Subject: [SaF] Program Needed I'm sure I saw such a thing somewhere, but I need a program that will change the file attributes of all files in a given directory from Read Only to, well, not read only. Basically I'm restoring my system after a format and want to remove the Read Only attributes my CD-Rs give the files. Jahmehr
Re: [SaF] Program Needed
Uh Jahmehr, you already have the program - The MS-DOS prompt. *) Open up a DOS window *) Type cd \directoryname - if the name of the directory has a space in it, you have to enclose the directory name in quotes, eg, cd \Program Files Note that if you have the option DOS prompt here in your right-click menu, then you can navigate to that dir in the Windows Explorer, and use that to get a DOS window in that dir instead of doing the above. *) Type attrib -r * And done. If you have files in other dirs that need this done, just go back to step two and repeat. When you're done, type exit and press enter to quit the DOS window. -=Brian=- On May 15, K. Bryan wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mine did that as well Jahmehr, however I just reassigned the attributes manually. But i only had 20 or so to change. I'm sure I saw such a thing somewhere, but I need a program that will change the file attributes of all files in a given directory from Read Only to, well, not read only. Basically I'm restoring my system after a format and want to remove the Read Only attributes my CD-Rs give the files.
Re: [SaF] Program Needed
I KNEW I should have paid attention 15 years ago when they offered that Elective DOS class to all 9th graders in 1984! (If it isn't an icon-based system, I'm really in trouble now) :o) - Original Message - From: Brian L. Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [SaF] Program Needed Uh Jahmehr, you already have the program - The MS-DOS prompt. *) Open up a DOS window *) Type cd \directoryname - if the name of the directory has a space in it, you have to enclose the directory name in quotes, eg, cd \Program Files Note that if you have the option DOS prompt here in your right-click menu, then you can navigate to that dir in the Windows Explorer, and use that to get a DOS window in that dir instead of doing the above. *) Type attrib -r * And done. If you have files in other dirs that need this done, just go back to step two and repeat. When you're done, type exit and press enter to quit the DOS window.
Re: [SaF] Program Needed
Hi Folks! Another trick to do recursive attribute changes is by simply using the DOS command Attrib. The /s switch will perform the change throughout a directory tree. Cheers, Leo. K. Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 15-05-2001 12:11:07 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Leo de Wit/ACA) Subject: Re: [SaF] Program Needed Mine did that as well Jahmehr, however I just reassigned the attributes manually. But i only had 20 or so to change. - Original Message - From: Jahmehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:16 AM Subject: [SaF] Program Needed I'm sure I saw such a thing somewhere, but I need a program that will change the file attributes of all files in a given directory from Read Only to, well, not read only. Basically I'm restoring my system after a format and want to remove the Read Only attributes my CD-Rs give the files. Jahmehr
Re: [SaF] Program Needed
- Original Message - From: Jahmehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:16 PM Subject: [SaF] Program Needed I'm sure I saw such a thing somewhere, but I need a program that will change the file attributes of all files in a given directory from Read Only to, well, not read only. Basically I'm restoring my system after a format and want to remove the Read Only attributes my CD-Rs give the files. From my Useful Things freeware zine- Useful Thing- Clear Read-Only Attributes This utility provides a useful function in an easy to use manner. Have you ever needed to change a folder's ( including subfolders ) 'read only' attributes? This Windows shell extension makes it as easy as a 'right-click' on a folder to clear the 'read only' attributes from any file copied from a cd-rom. A brief description from the author- CROA is a handy utility that will clear the read-only bit of all subfolders and files in a specific folder. This is extremely useful after copying the contents of a CD to your hard drive. The file is 264K and can be found here- http://www.davidcrowell.com/croa.html Program requirements: Windows 95, 98, NT 4, 2000 VB5 runtime files Ben Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] U-T archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/useful-things@ashlists.org/ U-T website - http://www.ashlists.org/useful-things/ Ben Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] You never know just how you look through other people's eyes.
