"Read Only" problem

[Ken Thomas]

I created a desktop folder that I want to be writable. I intend to use this as a location for certain back-up files. I right-clicked to folder properties and found that the "read only" box is checked. After unchecking box and hitting "Apply", I close the window. When I reopen properties, the "read only" box is checked again. Any folder that I've found that is checked "read only" is behaving this way. Has anyone found a solution?

 

[Bighorn]

But can you actually store files or copy files to that Folder? I've seen the same and it didn't seem to be a problem. But then maybe a security setting is the problem in blocking usage of the Folder?

 

[Grizzly]

Every folder on the desktop is by default checked [read only] yet you still can move files/folder into it without problems. What I think is this: since the desktop is actually a folder managed by the system so every new [sub] folder on the desktop inherits the same rights.
Someone may correct me if I am wrong with my thesis...

 

[Ken Thomas]

Every folder on the desktop is by default checked [read only] yet you still can move files/folder into it without problems. What I think is this: since the desktop is actually a folder managed by the system so every new [sub] folder on the desktop inherits the same rights.
Someone may correct me if I am wrong with my thesis...

 

[Ken Thomas]

Thanks for the reply. I'm using this folder for a back-up file location for a particular cad program. In the program input area, when I enter this read-only file's path, the program rejects it as unable to write to. It's still a mystery! By the way, this folder is for "Automatic Backups", so the program places the file there. I can manually place files in, but that's not how it's to be used.

 

[Ken Thomas]

But can you actually store files or copy files to that Folder? I've seen the same and it didn't seem to be a problem. But then maybe a security setting is the problem in blocking usage of the Folder?

But can you actually store files or copy files to that Folder? I've seen the same and it didn't seem to be a problem. But then maybe a security setting is the problem in blocking usage of the Folder?

 

[Ken Thomas]

Thanks. I can place files into this folder as normal. I want to use this folder as a location for automatic backups that are created for a specific Cad program. The program won't accept the "read-only" status.

 

[Bighorn]

The location of the Folder on the Desktop may be the issue. I recall some years back that programs such as graphics editors needed a specific location for the 'scratch' Folder and the Desktop couldn't be used but any other Folder could be such as on C:\. There also was some talk back a ways that storing everything on the Desktop got messy, a few versions back Windows saved downloads to the Desktop, maybe that's the way it is being kept cleaner.

 

[Ken Thomas]

The location of the Folder on the Desktop may be the issue. I recall some years back that programs such as graphics editors needed a specific location for the 'scratch' Folder and the Desktop couldn't be used but any other Folder could be such as on C:\. There also was some talk back a ways that storing everything on the Desktop got messy, a few versions back Windows saved downloads to the Desktop, maybe that's the way it is being kept cleaner.

 

[Ken Thomas]

Thanks. I get the same results if I create a folder in My Documents. It's read-only no matter what I do.