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Hi Bert:
Short answer is: No. :)
Three ways around this:
- put the files in an archive (zip file) before putting them on the CD. If
you extract the files from the CD, the files will not be locked.
- Or: run a small batch file on the hard disk after copying them to the PC
that resets the attribute.
example: say you copied the files to a directory c:\whatever. The batch
file would look like this:
ATTRIB -R c:\whatever /s
"-R" removes the read-only attribute
"c:\whatever" specifies the path (so you don't accidentally reset files
you want to leave alone)
"/s" instructs to process subfolders of the c:\whatever directory
- Or: after copying the files, select all the files in the Windows explorer.
right-click to bring up the context menu. Select Properties and toggle the
Read-only property.
HTH
Wim.
Wim Decorte
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Humberto Barreto [mailto:barretoh@wabash.edu]
> Sent: April 9, 2001 10:49 AM
>
> I put 250 files on a CD ROM (by drag and drop in Toast).
>
> I put the CD ROM in a computer and drag the files to the computer's hard
> drive. If it's a Mac -- all's well. If it's a Win box -- the
> files are now
> all LOCKED. :-(
>
> Here comes the question:
> Is there a way to make the files not be read-only when dragged off the CD
> ROM to the hard drive in Windows?
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