How to make a folder read only in windows xp

Active 6 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 5k times. Is there any trickery by which we can delete it. I am not able to get which process is using it. Improve this question. Perhaps you want to try this on serverfault. I think you probably have to be an administrator and take ownership of the folder or something like that Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Start Registry Editor Regedit. Type 1, and then click OK. Quit Registry Editor. After you make this change to the registry, you must change the Read-Only attribute for all affected folders by using the attrib command at a command prompt Command. Improve this answer. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Sign up using Facebook. Log in. Trending Search forums. What's new. New posts Latest activity. All my folders in XP are set to read-only and I can't change it.. Thread starter Ph33zy Start date Jun 18, Sidebar Sidebar.

Forums Software Operating Systems. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next. Ph33zy Senior member. Mar 5, 0 Kaspersky isn't picking up anything and I was wondering if this is normal? I never noticed it before. Please someone educate me!

Jun 10, 42, 1 0. Login as an admin and change them to rw Jun 12, 18, 2, Is that correct? If that is what you are referring to please note that in Windows XP all folders have the Read-only attribute checked and greyed out by default. The Black Square means something in the folder is designated as Read Only. The way Windows works, there will probably be files, that are not yours, which are configured in that manner.

My system shows the same thing, even with my Documents or Pictures folders. Today, I tried to Debug one of the VB. Net project I tried almost all my VB. Net projects and got the same message. You have verified the path is correct? It looks like it is trying to copy something to and. Hi, I am unable to change "Read Only" in any of my folders in any drives of the 2 Hard Disc in my computer. Please help to solve this problem.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Frederik Long. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. AracelyRosemond Independent Advisor. Hi, V. I would love to help you today.