Thanks Larry, never thought of that (duhhhh).
Yeah, I also read that comment of Mark's with interest.  I maintain a CD
that contains 40 or so folders of goodies that I install on all my build
machines.  After I've done the Windows install, I just copy the entire CD
onto the new machine, then use whichever  programs are appropriate for that
client.
Consequently I'm always having to re-arrange the attributes of any of the
included text files, if I want to make any changes to the versions on the
client's machine.
For me it's quicker to do that, than to unzip a file.
But that tip is well worth knowing.
Ian Porter
Computer Guys
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Stewart" Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Importing a Windows Address
Book/Attribute Manipulation


> In answer to your question about changing attributes of multiple files
> within a folder, do the following at the C:\ prompt (in XP, called a
> "Command Prompt") . . .
>
> Using the example of a folder named Test on the D: drive
>
> To Turn the Read-Only Attribute ON
>
> attrib +r d:\test\*.*
>
> To Turn the Read-Only Attribute ON
>
> attrib -r d:\test\*.*
>
> Note that there is a space following "attrib" and the letter "r" - but no
> spaces otherwise.
>
> By the way, this does work. I made a test folder, copied a number
different
> files to it then put the read-only attribute on - then turned them all off
> with the second run.
>
> The note from Mark Rode was very timely as well. I didn't know this
happened
> when you copied to a CD-ROM. For those who missed it, this is part of what
> Mark wrote:
>
> Quote
> When you burn a file on a CD/ROM it becomes a READ ONLY file. In order to
> restore the files original attributes,  you will have to copy the file to
> your hard drive, and then manually make the attribute change for each
file.
> But If they are zipped up on the CD, they will retain their attributes. To
> restore them,  you need only extract them back to a hard drive or  floppy.
> Unquote
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> Larry Stewart
> Ottawa, Canada
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]

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