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, who never, ever wanted XP in the first place.

Hello Beth, Saturday, January 18, 2003, 7:17:16 PM, you wrote: B> If anyone has XP (my PC crashed --permanently) B> does he/she know how to make Read Only files stop B> being Read Only. They contain the work I brought on CD-R B> from RI to CA this winter and I want to get them on my B> new PC. I changed a folder and it asked if I wanted this to B> apply to the folder or also to the files and folders within it. B> I said yes and it told me access was denied. What B> next................ B> Desperate Barb Austin, who never, ever wanted XP in B> the first place I have XP, although I'm very new to it. However, when I was on Win95B, my nephew told me to right-click a file that I wanted to change from Read Only and select Properties. At the bottom are some boxes, one of which says Archive. Uncheck that box. This worked in Win95. Have not had occasion to try it yet in WinXP. The files I was unchecking were jpegs, which my sister could not open. I began unchecking the archive box before sending, and no more problem for her. It is also true that she could have right-clicked on the received jpeg file, selected Properties, and unchecked the Archive box herself. At the time, neither of us knew about this. -- Best regards, Mary