change read-only properties on mulitple files

[dfrancocci]

I've just copied a couple of hundred files back to my hard disk from a CD/R, all in sub-folders under one folder, only to discover that the read-only property is set for all the files. Short of going into each folder and sub-folder and manually unchecking the read-only flag, is there a script that would run through all the files in a folder, including sub-folders, and un-check the read-only flag?

Being a total novice to WSH, I would be greatful for any advice, snippets of code, or fully tested scripts!!

Dominic Francocci

[dfrancocci]

I've found the answer to my own question (from http://malektips.com/):

Removing Read-Only Property From All Files in Directory (#31)
I was recently asked how to remove the read-only property from all of the files in a given directory. It seems that this person was copying a large number of text and document files from a CD and all of the resultant files had the "R" property set. Luckily, changing this property for all files is quite easy.




To remove the read-only attributes of all files in a particular directory as well as its subdirectories, the following command can be entered at the DOS prompt or in a batch file:




attrib -r DIRECTORY\*.* /s




Replace DIRECTORY with your desired directory. For example, if you are copying files from a CD to the directory c:\cdfiles, after copying the files, the command to remove the read-only attributes would be:




attrib -r c:\cdfiles\*.* /s