Monday, March 25, 2013

Removing Read Only Attributes Of Files In Windows XP


Windows XP has been well recognized as one of the most efficient operating systems suitable for use in personal computers, including home and business applications. It is the second most popular version of the Windows operating systems, released on August 2001, with enhanced user interface. As per the records, over 400 million copies of XP operating system were sold until January 2006, before the advent of its successor Windows Vista.

If you are a Windows XP user, there are a handful of customized attributes that can make your computer experience wonderful. It has been developed on Windows NT kernel with improved stability and efficiency compared to its previous versions. Windows XP presents a significantly redesigned graphical user interface to ameliorate user interactions. Along with the new task based GUI, this operating system incorporates many visual effects too. Windows XP is able to analyze the performance level of visual impacts and this is used to determine whether to enable such features. This will prevent consumption of extra resources, thus reducing the burden on the processor. These settings are customizable too.

In addition, you can also modify the attributes and properties of files in Windows XP. However, at times the read only attributes with files can be troublesome as you cannot change or modify such files and folders. If you are experiencing such a problem, the best method is to turn off the read only attribute. You can follow the Windows XP support guidelines to accomplish it, which are described below.


  • First, you have to open the Windows Start menu. Then you should select Run, type cmd in the box, and then press the Enter button on the keyboard. Now the command prompt window will appear.
  • Next you have to view the syntax for the Attribute command by typing attrib/? in the command prompt.
  • Then you should remove the read only attribute and restore the system attributes by typing the attrib-r+s drive:\<path>\<foldername> in the command prompt. For example, if you are experiencing the read only attribute in C:\Test folder, type attrib-r+s c:\test. With this, you can successfully resolve the read only attribute issue in Windows XP.


Windows XP operating system is a very good platform to work with various types of files in your personal computer. Along with the provision of excellent Windows XP support, now working on this operating system has become more fun-filled and productive.