Trent
In Vista, the permissions that are set for a folder, depends on which
folders you are working with. There are areas that are more restricted than
others, such as the root of the C: drive, C:\Program Files, and C:\Windows.
Depending on where you right click a folder the New menu will show different
options. If you right click a folder in the Navigation Pane (Left side of
Windows Explorer) you will only see a 'folder' option in the New menu. If
you right click a folder in the right side pane of Windows Explorer, you
will see the full New menu options.
If you right click a folder and select Properties/General Tab, the 'Read
Only' check box, will be filled with a color. This has no effect on the
'files' that are in that folder. This the default configuration for all
folders.
More details here:
Why can't I clear or set the Read Only attribute checkbox on a folder?:
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Administ...y_folders.aspx
You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"trent" <trent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3D908CDA-4170-4407-B612-3C86D8585870@microsoft.com...
> Recently many of my folders have started requiring special permission to
> do
> normal explorer functions like moving and deleting files. For instance,
> the
> "New" menu when I right-click will only offer to make new folders, not
> short-cuts, text doc's, etc. Whenever I try to move or delete files in
> these
> folders, the "User Account Control" window pops up asking for
> administrator
> permission. Also, these folders are marked "read only" under
> Properties>Attributes, and "read only" cannot be unchecked.
>
> This has happened to maybe half of my folders across my computer and on
> several different hard drives without any apparent pattern. Any help
> would
> be greatly appreciated
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