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by netguru5373

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I have a fully updated XP Pro system and am running Norton AV. I recently encountered a problem with my directory attributes. They change themselves back to read-only no matter what I do. Any scans I've runn come up negative for viri and trojans,and I can't find anyhting in the registry. If you know what I can change to correct this or what trojan does this please let me know. I am the administrator so should have no rights issues.

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by crispy1

Try checking the security porperties on the upper files. So if you are in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\testsite and you are changing the permissions on the testsite directory, you have to make sure you have the ability to do this on the wwwroot directory, many times it will follow down the line.

by netguru5373

Thank you but I tried that. Sometimes right after I change it and close the properties box, I'll go in and check it again and it will be ok. When I close it again and open it again its changed. I don't get any kind of error when I make the changes and apply them, it even goes so far as applying them to subfolders and files. The files keep the change but all the folders change to read-only again.

by sramesh2k

You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326549

WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use the Attrib command at a command prompt (Cmd.exe) to view or remove the Read-only or System attributes of folders. Type attrib /? at the command prompt to view the syntax for the Attrib command.

by netguru5373

Thank you so much. What's weird though is the attribute is still marked under properties although I can delete and modify the folder. Thanks again.

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