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

Alpha_AI · 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?

Ben

Bob Hansen · 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.

Alpha_AI · 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

Me_again · 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.

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

Did you try making it hidden per my original reply?