ArcSet Software Ver 1.1.0 / 4th Nov 2003
Got a Pile of Read Only Files copied from a CD-Rom ?
File attributes are flags set to indicate if a file is an "Archive", "Read Only", "System" and / or "Hidden" file. Any file can be a mixture of all the above. The flags are normally used to indicate to Windows which files are allowed to be changed, displayed or deleted. You can see the flags set for a file by right clickng it to see properties.
You can normally find files on your computer with the attributes set to Read Only intentionally to stop the file being modified by any program. System and Hidden are normally used for Windows files you are best to leave alone.
Files on a CD-Rom are set to Read Only but that is merely as a matter of consequence that a CD-Rom is a Read Only media, so there is no purpose to having the Archive files as Read Only once copied from a CD-Rom to Hard Disc.
The Read Only attribute retained on the Hard drive copy will prohibit changes being made to the files which is required when Tagging MP3's.
If you have many files to remove the "Read Only" attributes from it can be a hassle to do a group of folders, you can use "ArcSet" to do the job quickly for a whole drive or folder of files copied from a CD-Rom.
Select any file extension in the ArcSet program to remove read only attributes from them and set to archive only, it will do ALL files for the extension selected, on a Drive or folder selected (includes sub folders) all in one run. (it does not modify System or Hidden files)
Drop files or folders on program desktop icon to clear attributes, no need to have ArcSet running.
ArcSet
ArcSet is Freeware
Runs on Windows 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 / XP
(updated 4th Dec 2003) ver 1.1.0
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Self installing EXE inside zip file. 113KB arcxpin.zip
NON XP Windows, before using the installer above download bcsrun.zip, extract bcsrun.exe from it and double click it to install runtimes. (Not required for XP users, only required once with first installer used off this web site) 1MB bcsrun.zip