After you turn off simple file sharing, the security tabs will be
available and there you can see the ownership and privileges.
jerryl wrote:
> Thanks for the ideas. One question. How do I determine if I have full rights
> and the owner of the files?
> It seems like there are allot of Jerry's out there so I have added the L for
> years.
>
> JerryL
>
>
> "Jerry G" wrote in message
> news:5472971@discussion.autodesk.com...
> Start by turning off simple file sharing if it isn't already off(tools,
> folder options, view, at the bottom of the list.) Then make sure you are
> the owner of the files and have full rights to the files. Then you have
> the ability to make changes to settings, but may have to deal with the
> inherit properties issue. Also, don't try to change properties while
> autocad is running. You may want to restart (may have to be in safe
> mode, can't remember at the moment if that is necessary)and make changes
> prior to starting autocad.
>
> Like your name.
>
> jerryl wrote:
>> I asked this in the ADT news group but didn't get an answer that worked.
>> Some how I have managed to make all the files read only. When I do a
>> properties on the file the read only is grayed and has a check mark in it.
>> I
>> can change that go through the process but when I look at the properties
>> of
>> that file again it is still read only.
>> Things I have tried.
>> 1. Made sure I was the administrator. I am
>> 2. Disabled my firewall. Didn't help
>> 3. Started at the top of the directory ( c: doc's & settings )and tried
>> changing the read only there. That didn't work
>> 4. I created a new administrator account and in the files properties the
>> read only is a green box.
>>
>> #4 leads me to believe that its a user setting problem but I don't know
>> where to make the change to make all the files not read only. This has
>> locked down my tool pallets, I can delete tool but cant add to the pallet.
>>
>> Any help would bee greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks
>> JerryL