Cant change Read only attribute for folder

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

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
>
>

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@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800@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
>

"M K" <ski_freak@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:hJbhi.2166$zA4.1974@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>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@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800@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
>>
>
>

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:

> 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@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:e9JUmPnuHHA.4800@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
>>
>
>

[peter register]

OK everyone HERE IS A SOLUTION not a fix:

So you can't rotate a picture in picture viewer, can't change it's read-only attribute. I found no working solution to this bug in XP. I suspect it could have been caused from two possibilities: Moving photos form my MAC to a USB pen drive and then to an XP PC may have caused some attribute to be set in such a way that XP cannot change them. I noticed that when I placed the pen drive back in my MAC and viewed the photos with image preview all the photos were oriented the correct way while in XP the same photos would need rotating but I couldn't rotate because of an error that prevents the file from being changed. So ther is some hidden attribute that XP is not interpreting correctly. I tried cmd attrib -r +s and copying to another folder I tried Irfanview and I tried Unlocker all to no avail.

I finally downloaded Picasa (freeware and well made). Ran the set up, let it scan My Pictures and subfolders (including the problematic folder). When it was done I selected all the pictures in the problem folder and choose Export. I set a new folder on my desktop and Picasa offered some quality options before saving. On opening the new folder I discovered that all the pictures were oriented the correct way (as on my MAC). Picasa also uses the orientation flag to display the correct orientation, so I didn't need to rotate anything in Picasa. I may have lost a bit of quality on the export but it is not noticeable. I would suggest keeping all your original JPG's on a backup drive/folder and never bother correcting orientation, as resaving JPG's can reduces the quality and detail of a photo. Picasa seems to handle the photos well and it looks elegant as a program so I have no issues with it.

This solution doesn't fix the problem but at least you can now get your copied pictures oriented and saved the correct way so that they may be placed in My Pictures and used as as screensaver without having a few lopped on there side

Hope this helps and please post a fix to XP if someone figures this out.

Pete