On 31 Oct 2002, at 13:06, Ed Bogert wrote:

> I asked about this problem and received several answers but to no avail.
> I have 130 photo files copied to a cd-rom. They are in the photodeluxe
> format PDD. I place the cd in the drive-goto my computer,-double click on
> the cd-rom icon and, load the files. So far so good. When I double click
> on any file, it opens up in Photodeluxe HE program. I right click on it
> and, click properties and I try to un-check the read only attribute. It
> tells me that I cannot change the attribute. When I try to save the file,
> it says "no". When I try to open the file, it tells me that I don't have
> permission to open it and, I must get permissiom from the administrator.
> It seems that all I can do is look at these files. Can't change-em,
> save-em, move-em or anything at this point. Sumpin wrong somewhere.  Any
> sugesstions?  Thanks  Ed Bogert


  Have you tried COPYing (using drag-and-drop, copy/paste, or a command
line) the picture files you want to work with to a folder on your hard
drive, removing the read-only flag from the copied files in the hard drive
folder, and then opening the files from the hard drive folder?

David Gillett

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