re: Changing file attributes Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 2:26 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Everett (2940 messages posted) Dino: the read-only attribute protects your system files, but you can turn it off so that you can make changes; at the DOS prompt, type: attrib -r -h c:\msdos.sys and press the Enter key. where r = read only and h = hidden and note the spacing. later, when the changes are made, restore the protection: type: attrib +r +h c:\msdos.sys and press the Enter key. On Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 12:51 pm, Dino LaMana wrote: >OK, I tried editing the msdos.sys file. All I get is "cannot edit read-only file". > Is there a way around this? I tried copying it, changing the lines and renaming >the altered file to the same name, but that didn't work. I tried deleting it and >it said "could not find file". Thank you in advance for you help! > >Dean > > Written in response to: re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 12:51 pm) Responses to this message: re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Sunday, January 26, 2003 at 10:06 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Chell: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 2:26 am) re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (robojam: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 10:30 am) sounds like a problem with the registry... (amaralliya e. thenardier: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 11:28 am) re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (sekirt: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 2:45 pm) re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Everett: Sun, Nov 25, 2001, 6:23 pm) re: Question about 'Why can't I start Windows when I boot from a floppy?' (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 1:55 pm) re: Startup problems (Everett: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 3:04 pm) re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 10:06 pm) re: Startup problems (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 12:51 pm) re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 2:26 pm) re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 10:06 pm) re: Changing file attributes (Everett: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 10:42 am) re: Changing file attributes (Dino LaMana: Mon, Jan 27, 2003, 4:35 pm) re: Changing file attributes (Natasha: Thu, Dec 16, 2004, 8:57 am) Restored Registry (Muncin98: Sun, May 1, 2005, 9:43 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum