Reply to note from Bill Troop <billtroop@xxxxxxxxx> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:36:57 +0000 > Just as a matter of curiosity, could you possibly tell me why the > Windows property box didn't identify the file attribute correctly? The only thing I can think of is that the Properties dialog was already open when the Read-Only attribute was changed (by another process, presumably) from Read-Write to Read-Only -- meaning that until the dialog was refreshed (closed, then reopened) it could not accurately report the current file attributes -- the dog that should have barked, but didn't. -- Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxxxx