Read Only Files

[ryan at bulldogsoftware.com]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 09:35:55AM -0400, kahlerjr at cox.net said:

> Help!  I just upgraded my computer from Windows XP 2000 to WIndows XP Pro 2003 and now I can't do anything with my Filepro data!
> 
> When I go to Inquire, Update, Add - I can "see" my information but when I press "U" to update I get the following error:
>      "Error - Updates of read-only files not allowed.  Any change will be ignored."
> 
> I also can't "Add" any records.
> 
> Why did this kick over to "read-only"?!
> 
> I reinstalled Filepro 5.0.08 and it doesn't fix this.
> 
> What do I need to do?  Please tell me in "layman's terms".

Any chance you might have used a CD as a backup copy? That would have
set all of the files to read-only. If thats the case you can fix it
with "attrib -r /s".

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Ryan Powers
Bulldog Software, Inc.
http://www.bulldogsoftware.com
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