Windows upgrades are a fact of life if you want to deal with pictures, large sets of files and fast USB 2 backup products. Highlight any set of files in Windows Explorer, right click and mark or unmark read only. If someone else uses the computer, the Administrator setting might make a difference for loading programs. Anti-virus software also affects some programs. Some of my friends are using old computers with overcrowded hard drives, old versions of Windows, scanners with limited image editing software, and large family book projects. Read-only versions of Family Tree Maker can be viewed without changing the file date, and also viewed directly on CD-Recordables. I often set multiple files as read only on the hard drive when checking backups. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- > If anyone has XP (my PC crashed --permanently) > does he/she know how to make Read Only files stop > being Read Only. They contain the work I brought on CD-R > from RI to CA this winter and I want to get them on my > new PC. I changed a folder and it asked if I wanted this to > apply to the folder or also to the files and folders within it. > I said yes and it told me access was denied. What > next................ Desperate Barb Austin,