Windows 10: Folder Attribution

How shall I remove the "Read Only' attribution from a folder / file in Win 10 ?

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Change file attribute to 'unhide'

Hello Walt,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the attribute of any file/folder to unhide.

Step A: Show Hidden files

1. Open Windows Explorer(win logo key+E) or My computer.

2. Now click on View on top of the window.
3. Untick ‘Hidden items’ in the options.

Step B: Change file attribute

1. Once the hidden file is located, right click on the file/folder you want to change the attribute for.

2. Go to ‘properties’, untick the box facing hidden.

3. Now, Click on ‘apply’ and then ‘ok’.

Hope it helps.

Thank You.

 

Folder and file attributes

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft community.

To view or to remove the Read-only or the System attributes of folders.

Warning: If you remove the Read-only or System attribute from a folder, it may appear as a ordinary folder and some customizations may be lost. For example, Windows customizes the Fonts folder and provides a special folder
view that permits you to hide variations, such as bold and italic. It also permits you to change the folder's view settings in ways that are specific to fonts. If you remove the Read-only and System attributes of the Fonts folder, these customized view settings
are not available. For folders that you have customized by using the Customize tab of the folder's
Properties dialog box, the folder icon and other customizations may be lost when you remove the Read-only attribute.

If a program cannot save files to a folder with the Read-only attribute, such as My Documents, change the Read-only attribute to System by using the Attrib command at a command prompt.

Press Windows key + X and click
Command Prompt (Admin)

To remove the Read-only attribute and to set the System attribute, use the following command:

attrib -r +s drive:\<path>\<foldername>

For example, to remove the Read-only attribute and to set the System attribute for the C:\Test folder, use the following command:

attrib -r +s c:\test

Be aware that some programs may not operate correctly with folders for which the System attribute and the Read-only attribute are set. Therefore, use the following command to remove these attributes:

attrib -r -s c:\test

Hope this will be helpful.

If you still have further queries.

Pease reply us and we will be happy to help you.

 

Folder attributes/customization lost on copy or move in Windows 10 1607 (Anniversary Update)

This is a head-scratcher for sure!

Create a folder (say, TestFolder) and at the command-line use
attrib +r TestFolder or attrib +s TestFolder to set read-only or system attributes for the folder. Then in File Explorer:

Windows 10 1511
(10586.589)

• Make a copy of the folder with attributes +R/+S on the same partition - Copy has
  same attributes set as the original
  
• Make a copy of the folder with attributes +R/+S on a different partition - Copy has
  same attributes set as the original
• Move the folder with attributes +R/+S elsewhere on the same partition - Folder still has
  same attributes set as before
  
• Move the folder with attributes +R/+S to a different partition - Folder still has
  same attributes set as before

Windows 10 1607 (14393.222 & Preview Build
14936)

• Make a copy of the folder with attributes +R/+S on the same partition - Copy
  loses attributes of the original
  
• Make a copy of the folder with attributes +R/+S on a different partition - Copy
  loses attributes of the original
• Move the folder with attributes +R/+S elsewhere on same partition - Folder still has
  same attributes set as before
  
• Move the folder with attributes +R/+S to a different partition - Folder
  loses attributes it had before
  

Besides the purely puzzling nature of the change in behavior, this has direct repercussions because it means customized folders (with non-default icons for example) lose their customization on being copied/moved in Windows 10 1607. This is because for desktop.ini
to work folders needs to have either the +R or +S attribute set.

• What is the reason for this breaking change and has it been announced anywhere?
• How can we revert back to the behavior of Windows 10 1511 (and previous Windows versions going back to Windows 7 and probably earlier)?
• If it is indeed a bug in Windows 10 1607 then when will it be fixed?

Update (Feb. 10, 2017): The bug finally
seems to be fixed in Insider Preview build 15019 but the fix hasn't been pushed out to previous Windows 10 versions (1507/1511/1607) yet.