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Recovered files and folders now Read Only
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<blockquote data-quote="TanBrae" data-source="post: 1937984" data-attributes="member: 208843"><p>My husband had to have his files recovered from his old computer. It took several days for the repair shop to recover and download them from the (very old) Time Capsule, but at least most, if not all, were recovered. </p><p>Now, though, when he tries to open those downloaded from the external onto which the repair shop put them, they are all Read Only. </p><p>So far, we have been able to work around that for most of the files. However, for some reason, his computer doesn't always want to accept the fact that my husband is the Administrator of the computer, and the files/folders. I know the IP address is different, but he is using the same username/password, etc. that he used on his previous computer. </p><p>Is there a way to make all those files/folders, at one time, just open without having to go through the hassle of making copies, renaming the copies, and hoping THAT method works? He does sometimes get the message that he doesn't have administrative privileges to even copy the files/folder. </p><p>And, before I'm told to change the permissions, we HAVE done that, and that doesn't even help some times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TanBrae, post: 1937984, member: 208843"] My husband had to have his files recovered from his old computer. It took several days for the repair shop to recover and download them from the (very old) Time Capsule, but at least most, if not all, were recovered. Now, though, when he tries to open those downloaded from the external onto which the repair shop put them, they are all Read Only. So far, we have been able to work around that for most of the files. However, for some reason, his computer doesn't always want to accept the fact that my husband is the Administrator of the computer, and the files/folders. I know the IP address is different, but he is using the same username/password, etc. that he used on his previous computer. Is there a way to make all those files/folders, at one time, just open without having to go through the hassle of making copies, renaming the copies, and hoping THAT method works? He does sometimes get the message that he doesn't have administrative privileges to even copy the files/folder. And, before I'm told to change the permissions, we HAVE done that, and that doesn't even help some times. [/QUOTE]
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