Windows 10: I cant take a file on my USB-Stick off of "read only" and can't delete it

PLease help, I cant delete a file off my stik because it alwas switches back to read only

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

Formatting a USB Stick

Hi Richard, yes formatting the stick will delete the files . . .

Try that USB Stick in another (preferably non Windows 10) PC and see if the Stick reads.

If it does, copy the files form the stick, format it and copy the files back onto the stick.

 

Protecting files on a USB stick?

KISS

All you need to do is restrict access to the folder that contains the files. If only you can read/modify the files then they can't copy them. This should also allow you to use the program, as shortcuts will allow the program to be ran.