non-techie has techie ?

[Gregg Bell]

I copied a ton of stuff from my laptop onto a Verbatim flash drive. Well, now the flashdrive is telling me it's "write-protected." So I can't do anything with it. There is no write protection switch on the flash drive. I've gone into the files and clicked on "properties' and many of the files and folders show that they're checked "read only" (and btw it seems to be a grayed-out sort of check mark) but when I remove the checkmark, "apply" it etc and check back on the selfsame file or folder the "read only" is still there. I've also done a "fix." And I've gone into the regsitry and tried this:

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4214-remov...a-the-registry

but I have no "StorageDevicePolicies" and don't feel like screwing up the registry.

Anyway, I know this is all kind of vague, but I figured I'd throw it out there in case anybody had any ideas for me. Thanks.

[Under the Covers]

Try this: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/18/how...under-windows/

When you have a computer question, often the quickest and easiest way to find a solution is to do a general Google/Yahoo/Bing/ixquick/whatever search -- which is how I found this link, among others that came up. If you don't find the answer on your first search, try altering your search terms.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Under the Covers

Try this: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/18/how...under-windows/

When you have a computer question, often the quickest and easiest way to find a solution is to do a general Google/Yahoo/Bing/ixquick/whatever search -- which is how I found this link, among others that came up. If you don't find the answer on your first search, try altering your search terms.

Thanks Under the Covers, That looks like a really good link.