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 [log in to unmask] ----- 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] PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>