I am running windows XP home edition. Suddenly all of my folders are read only and I cannot back up or transfer them. When I go into the folders properties and uncheck the read only box, and close out, it won't change and the next time I open it is read only again?
I am no computer guru and am having problems dealing with this. Can anyone help?
All my files are now read only files
Re: All my files are now read only files
FIRST - make sure you have ALL of the windows updates - something in my brain says that SP2 fixed this..??
if you have them all then reboot in safe mode and select ADMIN login account - then try changing them.
If that doesnt work - go to a DOS box or restart in DOS mode and do a ATTRIB -r on the folders you want to change to NOT read-only
write back and tell us if any of that works - then we can move on from there!!
Mike
if you have them all then reboot in safe mode and select ADMIN login account - then try changing them.
If that doesnt work - go to a DOS box or restart in DOS mode and do a ATTRIB -r on the folders you want to change to NOT read-only
write back and tell us if any of that works - then we can move on from there!!
Mike
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Re: All my files are now read only files
KnightRid:
I don't know if this makes a difference but...
Actually all my files are not read only files. All my old files are fine. Any new file I create is now a read only file. Something happened in the last week or so so that any new file I create now is read only. The files prior to a week ago are good.
I don't know if this makes a difference but...
Actually all my files are not read only files. All my old files are fine. Any new file I create is now a read only file. Something happened in the last week or so so that any new file I create now is read only. The files prior to a week ago are good.
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Re: All my files are now read only files
Sounds like a "Read Only" virus has hit your computer. That must be nasty.
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Re: All my files are now read only files
Kaspersky has a pretty good ondemand virus scanner. Run it and see what happens.
http://devbuilds.kaspersky-labs.com/devbuilds/AVPTool/
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Re: All my files are now read only files
check your folder security options also.
what EXACT new files are read only? files made with Office, OpenOffice, email, notepad,etc?
Mike
what EXACT new files are read only? files made with Office, OpenOffice, email, notepad,etc?
Mike
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