Thank you Andrew, I thought I had tried that, but I did it again as you said and it worked!! rfs in omaha, ne On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:45:40 -0500 "Andrew L Shriner" <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 > > ***************************** 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