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RamzaRuglia

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The folders in the c drive are all marked as read oly files, and when I go the properties and change they automatically change back to read only, So how can I make it stay unchecked?
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Hi RamzaRuglia,

I think that the folders are all supposed to stay read only is why you can't change them but you can change the status of all of the files that are inside of each folder.

Why are you trying to change the properties of your folders anyway Boo?

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RamzaRuglia

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I'm trying to use the Dos box emulator. I read on its site that the reason i'm not able to play a game with it is because the game i'm trying to play is in a folder thats a read only folder. The files in the folder aren't read only.
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You can always right click the folder and click Properties and then un-dot the read only there. It will ask you about subfolders if there are any. All the read only does is lock other users from changing the folder for your user name.

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Yeah thats what I'm doing. I go to properties, uncheck read only, hit ok, it ask about sub folder, I hit ok again. Then I go back to properties and its checked read only.
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Please read this on your problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

It will explain what you need to do.

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