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1. #Why are the files on my external hard drive read only driver
2. #Why are the files on my external hard drive read only full

That's why the message next to the box says "Only applies to files in folder". Windows does not pay attention to the Read only attribute on folders - you can't make a folder read only but you can make the contents of the folder read only. It sounds like you may have another problem of saving files but the appearance of folders and the read only box is normal, but things on your system may not be normal anymore if you have been messing around with ownership, attributes and UAC.įrom another topic of the same non-issue it is explained how Windows works and has always worked: No - that is NORMAL for all folders to have a blue read only box and it is not a 10 year old problem.Ĭonsider it a Windows feature where the system is working as designed but maybe not as desired or expected. The only thing that worked was to add the Everyone group and give them modification rights.

#Why are the files on my external hard drive read only full

I have even added my very own username with full control to the permissions stack and even

#Why are the files on my external hard drive read only driver

I have taken ownership, removed all attributes from cmd, disabled UAC and even uninstalled the disk driver in computer management but the folders will not change.

Any other folder or partition on the internal hard drive will force the file to behave The only place that I can save files normally is My Documents folder or Desktop or My Music or My Pictures. If I continue, it indeed opens it as read only and I am unable to save the file. When I try to open any existing file, the program opening it (Word, Autocad etc) will warn me that the file is read only and asks if I want to continue opening it.

Previously, all folders had a grey checkmark in the read only box. Whats NOT normal about the folders is that they all have a blue read only box. Permission applied but when I check the folder permissions, everything is normal and I have full control. Its actually more like the folders that the files are in have some mysterious All the files on my computer suddenly behave as if they are read only even though the files do not show a read only flag. So this seems to be a 10-yr old problem that was never solved.