I copy complete folders to CD as a weekly backup; i.e., I
don't use a back-up utility - I just COPY the files.

When restoring - or moving to a supervisory computer for
access - all files moved FROM CD to the hard-drive are now
flagged "Read Only".

We're talking several folders - with nested sub-folders -
and several hundred files total.

Any way I can apply an attribute change to the complete
structure of the folder "chain" - instead of having to
open each subfolder and changing the files a group at a
time?

Thanks!

There is third party software that will do that. Just do a Google search for
it.

--
George (Bindar Dundat ©) MS-MVP

For Windows Troubleshooting Tips see;
http://aumha.org/win4/a/tshoot.htm

"bb3" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:869701c4047d$219d5a40$a301280a@phx.gbl...
| I copy complete folders to CD as a weekly backup; i.e., I
| don't use a back-up utility - I just COPY the files.
|
| When restoring - or moving to a supervisory computer for
| access - all files moved FROM CD to the hard-drive are now
| flagged "Read Only".
|
| We're talking several folders - with nested sub-folders -
| and several hundred files total.
|
| Any way I can apply an attribute change to the complete
| structure of the folder "chain" - instead of having to
| open each subfolder and changing the files a group at a
| time?
|
| Thanks!
|

Use Find from the parent folder and search for *.* to get every file.
Ctrl+A to select them all
File-Properties and change the read-only attribute.

....Alan

--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "bb3"
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