After you've moved the files back from a CD to a read-write media device, you can highlight as many files or folders as you want to at one time, inside Explorer. After you've done that, right click on any one of the files you've highlighted, and choose properties. You are able to uncheck the read only attribute in that screen. Andrew On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:47:50 -0600, "Richard F. Strait" <rfstrait@xxxxxxxx> said: > Am I missing something! I just copied a number of files from a backup on > a CD and of course the files were marked read-only! After a cursory > effort I couldn't find a way to globally turn off the read-only > attribute! They give you an opportunity to backup to a CD, but no way to > turn off the read-only attribute! Or am I missing something! > > TIA > > RFS > > rfstrait@xxxxxxxx > ***************************** > New Site from The Kenzig Group! > Windows Vista Links, list options > and info are available at: > http://www.VistaPop.com > ***************************** > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm -- Andrew L Shriner drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx ***************************** New Site from The Kenzig Group! Windows Vista Links, list options and info are available at: http://www.VistaPop.com ***************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm