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DOS and Batch Files - Removing Read-Only Property From All Files in Directory

 

SUMMARY: Enable modification of files copied from a CD in DOS and Windows.

 

I was recently asked how to remove the read-only property from all of the files in a given directory. It seems that this person was copying a large number of text and document files from a CD and all of the resultant files had the "R" property set. Luckily, changing this property for all files is quite easy.

To remove the read-only attributes of all files in a particular directory as well as its subdirectories, the following command can be entered at the DOS prompt or in a batch file:

attrib -r DIRECTORY\*.* /s

Replace DIRECTORY with your desired directory. For example, if you are copying files from a CD to the directory c:\cdfiles, after copying the files, the command to remove the read-only attributes would be:

attrib -r c:\cdfiles\*.* /s

 

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