All records showing the attribute read-only - cannot be changed via a Properties dialog box OR the command "attrib" user profile AND is not corrupted

I use Win 7 64 and recently all my files have begun to show read-only. Other responses on this forum, which suggests to change the read-only via the Properties dialog box, attrib command did not work. In addition, I created a new administrator account as suggested by another answer, but the problem persists on both accounts.

Several programs will not work now that they can not write files in folders.

What can I do to fix this?

Hello

See the following article for a description of this problem.

326549 You cannot view or change the read-only or the attributes of system files in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7

I hope this helps.

Thank you for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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