XP read-only

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Flop

Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
I was at a bit of a loss about where to post this, so I decided to just put it here.

I was gonna play the cd version of Laura Bow 2 in Dosbox so I mounted the cd as a drive and tried to install the game to a folder called d:\games\oldies (also mounted as a drive in Dosbox). I got a message that it couldn't write to the drive, so I checked the folder setting and found out it was marked read-only. Problem solved I though, but no, whenever I unchecked the read-only box, the check would reappear when next I opened the folders properties.

It now turns out that ALL of my folders (and any new folders I create) on all my drives are marked read-only, and I know for sure it hasn't always been like this. Apparantly windows ignores the read-only attribute on folders, so usually it wouldn't be a problem, but when using a program like Dosbox it sure as hell is.

I´ve tried using the attrib command in the command prompt and this doesn't work either. I´ve tried running several different virus scans, and came out clean. In the end I tried searching google like a maniac, and I found a few other people with this problem, but no solution.

Does anybody know anything about this? I'd really appreciate some help.

In closing I'd just like to say: FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!!!!
 
I hope you guys aren't serious. Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm following you, Flop - how did you mount the drive? Did you try to install it using DosBox or something? Did you try just installing it normally and running it? Most sierra games have worked fine for me in XP, btw. In any case, there's absolutely no reason to install a game using dosbox, it's strictly for running them.

As far as the "read-attribute" thing goes, there is no solution. That's how XP operates, as far as I'm aware - EVERY folder is read-only, and it means nothing as far as your being able to use them goes - it just has to do with some way that XP marks or indexes things. The problem is most likely with the way you installed the game or are trying to run it.
 
Montez said:
I hope you guys aren't serious. Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm following you, Flop - how did you mount the drive? Did you try to install it using DosBox or something? Did you try just installing it normally and running it? Most sierra games have worked fine for me in XP, btw. In any case, there's absolutely no reason to install a game using dosbox, it's strictly for running them.

As far as the "read-attribute" thing goes, there is no solution. That's how XP operates, as far as I'm aware - EVERY folder is read-only, and it means nothing as far as your being able to use them goes - it just has to do with some way that XP marks or indexes things. The problem is most likely with the way you installed the game or are trying to run it.
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This particular game needs to be installed as it's a cd game, and I can't run the install in windows so I have to run it in Dosbox. Well, to be honest, as it's the cd version it does have win95 compatability, and I can run it in xp, but only in a window, which kind of sucks.

But as far as the read-only attribute goes, I'm pretty sure I remember a time where all my folders weren't read-only. I might be mistaken though. Does anybody here who runs xp, have any folders that are not read-only?[/i]
 
calculon00 said:
Use Windows 2000. When I switched from XP to 2000, my computer ran so much better.
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I agree totally. Win2K is the most stable version of windows I have ever used. I't take it over XP any day.
 
All files are marked as read-only under Win XP and that can't be changed (You'll notice that Read-Only checkbox is always grayed out and disabled for all files. Oddly, you can uncheck it, but next time you check properties you'll notice it's disabled again.) A possible solution to your problem would be altering security settings for the folder you are trying to access. To do so, you must first go to Start Menu -> Settings -> Folder Options -> View and uncheck the "Use simple file sharing" option below. Now you can open up properties of any folder, access their Security tab and set it so that you (the admin) have all permissions for that folder. That might do the trick.

P.S. Windows suck. Under UNIX a simple 'chmod -fR 0700 <foldername>' would resolve the issue without the need to rummage through a dozen tabs and dialogs.
 
Actually, I just checked out all of my folders properties and unbelieveably they are ALL READ-ONLY.

What the hell is going on? Well, I haven't done anything to cause them to go read only since it's a fresh install so it's possible that's the way Windoze EcksPee works.

Regards,
Dark Legacy
 
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