Cant change Read only attribute for folder "M K" <ski_freak[ at ]earthlink.net> 6/29/2007 4:55:54 PM I have an application I am writing and when I tried to run it I got the following message: Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location C:\xxxxxxxxxx. Please verify the path exists and is writable. Sooo I opened Explorer and went to the folder and found the read-only bit was set so I unchecked it and hit OK. I got the same message so I once again checked that folder and the read-only bit got reset again. I have tried to set it from the top folder and it went through the motions again and it got set again back to read-only. I also included sub-folders too. HELP!!!!!!!! lol Mark

Re: Cant change Read only attribute for folder John John <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 6/29/2007 5:35:35 PM Unless the folder was customized the Read-only attribute means bug-all. See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/ You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have necessary permissions to write to the folder? John M K wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have an application I am writing and when I tried to run it I got the > following message: > > Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location C:\xxxxxxxxxx. > Please verify the path exists and is writable. > > Sooo I opened Explorer and went to the folder and found the read-only bit > was set so I unchecked it and hit OK. I got the same message so I once > again checked that folder and the read-only bit got reset again. > > I have tried to set it from the top folder and it went through the motions > again and it got set again back to read-only. I also included sub-folders > too. > > HELP!!!!!!!! lol > > Mark > >

Re: Cant change Read only attribute for folder "M K" <ski_freak[ at ]earthlink.net> 6/29/2007 5:56:29 PM I am not sure what you meant by You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have necessary permissions to write to the folder? It is my personal laptop so I should have access to everything. I did try to set the bit via the command prompt but when i look at it via Explorer it still says read only I did find a workaround and that was to close Visual Studio and reopen and it worked. But I would really like to keep this from happening again. "John John" <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Unless the folder was customized the Read-only attribute means bug-all. > See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/ > > You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & > inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have > necessary permissions to write to the folder? > > John > > M K wrote: > >> I have an application I am writing and when I tried to run it I got the >> following message: >> >> Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location >> C:\xxxxxxxxxx. Please verify the path exists and is writable. >> >> Sooo I opened Explorer and went to the folder and found the read-only bit >> was set so I unchecked it and hit OK. I got the same message so I once >> again checked that folder and the read-only bit got reset again. >> >> I have tried to set it from the top folder and it went through the >> motions again and it got set again back to read-only. I also included >> sub-folders too. >> >> HELP!!!!!!!! lol >> >> Mark >

Re: Cant change Read only attribute for folder "Jim" <j.n[ at ]nospam.com> 6/29/2007 6:14:52 PM "M K" <ski_freak[ at ]earthlink.net> wrote in message news:hJbhi.2166$zA4.1974[ at ]newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... [Quoted Text] >I am not sure what you meant by > > You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & > inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have > necessary permissions to write to the folder? > > It is my personal laptop so I should have access to everything. There is a lot of difference between "should" and "does". XP only knows about accounts. Thus, even the owner of the laptop needs to use an account with the appropriate permissions If the account that you are using is a member of the users group, then the permissions may not be letting you access the files or folder. > > I did try to set the bit via the command prompt but when i look at it via > Explorer it still says read only All folders in the Windows XP operating system have this bit set. Windows XP ignores the setting of the bit. Therefore, you can change it at will, but you will have accomplished nothing. > > I did find a workaround and that was to close Visual Studio and reopen and > it worked. But I would really like to keep this from happening again. > With Simple File Sharing disabled, XP will display the Securtiy tab in the Properties section of the file or folder. The owner of the file or folder can make such changes as are needed. A member of the administrators group can also make such changes. Help & Support covers the changing of permissions in great detail. Jim > > "John John" <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Unless the folder was customized the Read-only attribute means bug-all. >> See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/ >> >> You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & >> inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have >> necessary permissions to write to the folder? >> >> John >> >> M K wrote: >> >>> I have an application I am writing and when I tried to run it I got the >>> following message: >>> >>> Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location >>> C:\xxxxxxxxxx. Please verify the path exists and is writable. >>> >>> Sooo I opened Explorer and went to the folder and found the read-only >>> bit was set so I unchecked it and hit OK. I got the same message so I >>> once again checked that folder and the read-only bit got reset again. >>> >>> I have tried to set it from the top folder and it went through the >>> motions again and it got set again back to read-only. I also included >>> sub-folders too. >>> >>> HELP!!!!!!!! lol >>> >>> Mark >> > >

Re: Cant change Read only attribute for folder John John <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> 6/29/2007 6:31:49 PM Is the laptop running XP Pro? Right-click the on folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. If you are joined to a domain or using XP home you have to use different methods or use security tools like cacls or xcacls or boot to safe-mode to do security work. See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418 John M K wrote: [Quoted Text] > I am not sure what you meant by > > You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & > inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have > necessary permissions to write to the folder? > > It is my personal laptop so I should have access to everything. > > I did try to set the bit via the command prompt but when i look at it via > Explorer it still says read only > > I did find a workaround and that was to close Visual Studio and reopen and > it worked. But I would really like to keep this from happening again. > > > "John John" <audetweld[ at ]nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >>Unless the folder was customized the Read-only attribute means bug-all. >>See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549/ >> >>You should probably look at the folder's NTFS Security permissions & >>inheritance for the cause of the problem. Do you and the System have >>necessary permissions to write to the folder? >> >>John >> >>M K wrote: >> >> >>>I have an application I am writing and when I tried to run it I got the >>>following message: >>> >>>Visual Studio could not copy a support file to this location >>>C:\xxxxxxxxxx. Please verify the path exists and is writable. >>> >>>Sooo I opened Explorer and went to the folder and found the read-only bit >>>was set so I unchecked it and hit OK. I got the same message so I once >>>again checked that folder and the read-only bit got reset again. >>> >>>I have tried to set it from the top folder and it went through the >>>motions again and it got set again back to read-only. I also included >>>sub-folders too. >>> >>>HELP!!!!!!!! lol >>> >>>Mark >> > >