Could you tell me how to mark folders for non-deletion??

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Alpha_AI
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Could you tell me how to mark folders for non-deletion??

Post by Alpha_AI » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:19 am

I would like to find out how to mark folders as read only, meaning unable to be deleted.
Any one knows how?

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Post by Bob Hansen » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:59 pm

You can use the DOS command ATTRIB to mark folders as hidden and read only.
Hope this was helpful..................good luck,
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Post by Alpha_AI » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:09 pm

Ive already tried that.
It doesnt stop it from being deleted though.

I can mark it readonly buT I can also delete it afterwards

I use

attrib +R /S /D C:\foldername
and I can still delete it afterwards.

No probs, im still looking
Thanks anyways

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Post by Me_again » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:04 pm

Windows Explorer doesn't care about the read only flag, it will delete it. Try marking it as a system file.

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Post by Bob Hansen » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:41 am

Did you try making it hidden per my original reply?
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