Permanently setting files in the Documents folder to Read and Write

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Permanently setting files in the Documents folder to Read and Write

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Hello,

One of my programs automatically saves the files I make into the Documents file folder. Whenever I go to edit the files, it says that they have been checked as read only. I go into the properties menu for the Documents file folder and uncheck read only, and then I am allowed to edit the file after restarting my application. However, whenever I reboot the computer for any reason, the Documents file folder is automatically set to be read only. How do I get it to be permanently set to be read and write?

Note My computer is school owned, so I don't know what difference that makes or if it does.

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The Read-only checkbox in a folder's Properties dialog is not a status indicator --- it will always display as a gray square when the Properties dialog is initially displayed.

To see if the Read-only attribute is set for files, add the Attributescolumn to a Detail view:

If the Read-only attribute isn't set for your files, you're dealing with a permissions issue. Check the Security tab in the file's Properties dialog.

Keith

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