re: Read only attributes Friday, August 26, 2005 at 9:05 pm Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Adam Bradley (8787 messages posted) Try switching to D:, cd \ then issuing "attrib -R * /s /d" the "*" forces it to process all files and subfolders If D: is large that might take sometime (personally I'd start it, go to bed and check it the next morning) at least on XP it does (I tested it out on a folder), if I did beta testing I'd check myself but if that fails try "attrib /?" For syntax help Regards, Adam Bradley On Friday, August 26, 2005 at 8:12 pm, Steve wrote: >Hi Adam, I found a ms article related to 2003 that covers this but, I haven't got >the syntax right yet. What I want to do is just remove the read only from my >D partition. Do you know what I would type in the command prompt for this. >I tried this, attrib -r -s d: and some other variations, and have not got it right. Written in response to: re: Read only attributes (Steve: Friday, August 26, 2005 at 8:12 pm) Responses to this message: re: Read only attributes (Steve: Friday, August 26, 2005 at 9:31 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Read only attributes (Steve: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 7:07 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 7:42 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 8:12 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 9:05 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 9:31 pm) re: Read only attributes (Wildcat: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 8:34 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Fri, Aug 26, 2005, 10:16 pm) re: Read only attributes (werner: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 4:52 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 5:07 pm) re: Read only attributes (werner: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 5:13 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 5:27 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 7:14 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 7:27 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 8:20 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 8:37 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 8:40 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 8:56 pm) re: Read only attributes (Adam Bradley: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 9:39 pm) re: Read only attributes (Steve: Sat, Aug 27, 2005, 9:49 pm) Read only attributes (eo: Thu, Aug 28, 2008, 10:36 pm) 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 Vista Discussion Forum