Gservo
1st May 2002, 06:58 PM
. If the folder is one that you customized using the Customize This
Folder Wizard in Windows Explorer or a standard Windows customized
folder (e.g., the Fonts folder), you might not be able to remove the
read-only attribute or you might receive an error when you try to write
a file to the folder. In either scenario, Windows is preventing you
from writing to the folder because the OS is using the read-only flag
to determine whether the folder is a system folder.
To work around this problem so that you can modify a folder's read-only
status, you can tell Windows to use the system flag instead of the
read-only flag to identify customized folders. To configure Windows to
use the system flag, perform the following steps:
1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
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.
Folder Wizard in Windows Explorer or a standard Windows customized
folder (e.g., the Fonts folder), you might not be able to remove the
read-only attribute or you might receive an error when you try to write
a file to the folder. In either scenario, Windows is preventing you
from writing to the folder because the OS is using the read-only flag
to determine whether the folder is a system folder.
To work around this problem so that you can modify a folder's read-only
status, you can tell Windows to use the system flag instead of the
read-only flag to identify customized folders. To configure Windows to
use the system flag, perform the following steps:
1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
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.