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Question for DOS experts
Apollo:
Thanks Sasquatch! I tried that and it gave me an error, path not found so I tried attrib -r c:\mame\*.* and that seemed to work but the folders are still read only. This is getting really frustrating. Any other ideas?
Vol:
Through the command prompt:
try it without the *.* and with capital S and D
attrib -r c:\mame /S /D
For the future "/?" is your friend. Try typing "attrib /?" in the command prompt it will give you help with switches and syntax. This works with most command prompt commands.
Through the GUI:
Open My Computer, navigate to the c:, right-click on the Mame folder, choose properties, un-check the read-only checkbox (until it is clear), click apply, then select Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files at the Confirm Attribute Changes window, then click OK.
tep0583:
--- Quote from: Thenasty on March 20, 2004, 01:41:46 am ---why not just right click on the folder and select properties and de-select RO ?
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Because XP is somewhat buggy about that.
I've actually had to resort to the attrib command on more than one occation in order to get the read-only to stay gone.
Why that is and why it doen't happen that way all of the time is beyond me.
Lilwolf:
btw, you can do it with Windows Explorer in XP.
You load it up, get into the mame directory, right click on the file / files and select properties from the popup menu. Then you can change the attributes (unselect readonly).
This is a pretty normal problem when copying files from a CD. One of the nice reasons for zipping them and putting them on a cd instead of just copying them.
Thenasty:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on March 20, 2004, 09:06:41 am ---
This is a pretty normal problem when copying files from a CD. One of the nice reasons for zipping them and putting them on a cd instead of just copying them.
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This does not happen in XP/Pro. At least for me it don't. I just tried copying a file off my cd and check the attribute and its not RO.