Need some help (Computer related - Windows XP Pro) - GoFuckYourself.com

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:06 AM

Ok, now I'm no "newbie" with computers or windows, but lately I've noticed that every single folder on my hard drive are Read-Only. Ok, so just right click, go to properties and uncheck the read-only box, apply, ok, right?? Well sure, but that doesn't do shit in this case. It used to, but not anymore. So, in the end, all the folders remains read-only.

So then I decide to go to a command prompt.. strat, run, CMD

in there I typed attrib -r +s c:\foldername (whatever folder you want to apply this to)

well, that didn't do shit.

So now I go to the folder that I'm trying to undo the read-only shit. I right click, go to properties, go to security and set every user to have full access to see if that would let me take off the damn read-only on every folder.

Now here I am still not able to take off the read-only on any folder. Has anyone here ever had this problem and if so how did you fix it?

LiveDose · 12-08-2005, 04:07 AM

Sorry was going to try and help but too drunk...

bump.

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiveDose

Sorry was going to try and help but too drunk...

bump.

It's the thought that counts, right? lol

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:17 AM

bump......

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:36 AM

hmm.. anyone??

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:40 AM

I need to fix this because everytime I check my mail using mozilla thunderbird it gives me the following error

"Unable towrite the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox"

So, with the folders all set as read only it's stoping the email from being put there. Now I can't even check my mail. I need to get rid of the read-only shit.

and I already did searches for this problem on google and I've tried every solution that I found. None of them worked, obviously. lol

KRosh · 12-08-2005, 04:54 AM

try this
ATTRIB -R -H C:\FOLDERNAME\*.* /D /S

flashfire · 12-08-2005, 04:55 AM

format c:
never fails

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:56 AM

ok I'll try that. hold one sec

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashfire

format c:
never fails

lol suuuure haha..

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRosh

try this
ATTRIB -R -H C:\FOLDERNAME\*.* /D /S

I got the following error

Parameter format not correct

I type the following

attrib -r -h D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca *.* /D /S

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:02 AM

ah ok I saw the mistake I made

KRosh · 12-08-2005, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yngwie

I got the following error

Parameter format not correct

I type the following

attrib -r -h D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca *.* /D /S

missing a back slash

attrib -r -h D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca\*.* /D /S

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:03 AM

so I did the attrib thing that you said and that folder is still read only and will not let me set it not read only.. What a pain in the ass.

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRosh

missing a back slash

attrib -r -h D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca\*.* /D /S

ya, I noticed that after I posted the message

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:06 AM

I don't get what caused it to set every folder to read-only

KRosh · 12-08-2005, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yngwie

ya, I noticed that after I posted the message

only other thing i could find...

You can tell Windows to use the system flag instead of the read-only flag to identify customized folders.

1. Start a registry editor.
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer subkey.
3. Select New, DWORD Value from the Edit menu.
4. Enter a name of

UseSystemForSystemFolders

and press Enter.
5. Double-click the new value, set it to 1, and click OK.
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.

see if that does the trick.

broke · 12-08-2005, 05:12 AM

So did the attrib command fix it? If not, cd to D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca and try:

cacls *.* /T /E /C /G username:F

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KRosh

only other thing i could find...

You can tell Windows to use the system flag instead of the read-only flag to identify customized folders.

1. Start a registry editor.
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer subkey.
3. Select New, DWORD Value from the Edit menu.
4. Enter a name of

UseSystemForSystemFolders

and press Enter.
5. Double-click the new value, set it to 1, and click OK.
6. Close the registry editor.
7. Reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.

see if that does the trick.

that was the first thing that I did.

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broke

So did the attrib command fix it? If not, cd to D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca and try:

cacls *.* /T /E /C /G username:F

that didn't work

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:31 AM

I'm fucking confused.. I can build computers blind folded and here I am confused with something like this lol

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:35 AM

very odd.. Yngwie (which is my account on windows) is set to admin with full access and the main Administrator account is also set to full access.. I don't get it.

Yngwie · 12-08-2005, 05:37 AM

see, normally if you can change the attribubtes for files and folders it would be a check mark in the box, but in this case it's a solid box in the box for read-only and it can't be changed.

MickeyG · 12-08-2005, 07:27 AM

Seriously, format c: its your only hope.

12-08-2005, 04:06 AM	#1
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	Need some help (Computer related - Windows XP Pro) Ok, now I'm no "newbie" with computers or windows, but lately I've noticed that every single folder on my hard drive are Read-Only. Ok, so just right click, go to properties and uncheck the read-only box, apply, ok, right?? Well sure, but that doesn't do shit in this case. It used to, but not anymore. So, in the end, all the folders remains read-only. So then I decide to go to a command prompt.. strat, run, CMD in there I typed attrib -r +s c:\foldername (whatever folder you want to apply this to) well, that didn't do shit. So now I go to the folder that I'm trying to undo the read-only shit. I right click, go to properties, go to security and set every user to have full access to see if that would let me take off the damn read-only on every folder. Now here I am still not able to take off the read-only on any folder. Has anyone here ever had this problem and if so how did you fix it? __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca Last edited by Yngwie; 12-08-2005 at 04:09 AM..

12-08-2005, 04:07 AM	#2
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12-08-2005, 04:17 AM	#4
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	bump...... __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 04:36 AM	#5
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	hmm.. anyone?? __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 04:40 AM	#6
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	I need to fix this because everytime I check my mail using mozilla thunderbird it gives me the following error "Unable towrite the email to the mailbox. Make sure the file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox" So, with the folders all set as read only it's stoping the email from being put there. Now I can't even check my mail. I need to get rid of the read-only shit. and I already did searches for this problem on google and I've tried every solution that I found. None of them worked, obviously. lol __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 04:54 AM	#7
KRosh So Fucking Outlawed Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,114	try this ATTRIB -R -H C:\FOLDERNAME\. /D /S __________________ ICQ 115433750

12-08-2005, 04:55 AM	#8
flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	format c: never fails

12-08-2005, 04:56 AM	#9
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	ok I'll try that. hold one sec __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 05:02 AM	#12
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	ah ok I saw the mistake I made __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 05:03 AM	#14
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	so I did the attrib thing that you said and that folder is still read only and will not let me set it not read only.. What a pain in the ass. __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca Last edited by Yngwie; 12-08-2005 at 05:05 AM..

12-08-2005, 05:06 AM	#16
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	I don't get what caused it to set every folder to read-only __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 05:12 AM	#18
broke Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Someplace Windy Posts: 4,501	So did the attrib command fix it? If not, cd to D:\Programs\ThunderBird\Profiles\mail.isys.ca and try: cacls . /T /E /C /G username:F __________________ Perfect Gonzo

12-08-2005, 05:31 AM	#21
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	I'm fucking confused.. I can build computers blind folded and here I am confused with something like this lol __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 05:35 AM	#22
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	very odd.. Yngwie (which is my account on windows) is set to admin with full access and the main Administrator account is also set to full access.. I don't get it. __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 05:37 AM	#23
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	see, normally if you can change the attribubtes for files and folders it would be a check mark in the box, but in this case it's a solid box in the box for read-only and it can't be changed. __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

12-08-2005, 07:27 AM	#24
MickeyG Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 4,134	Seriously, format c: its your only hope.