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Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
Because this image is read-only, the rotated...
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A read-only file cannot be changed without removing the read-only flag or writing the file to a writable location. This issue may occur if you are reading files from a CD or DVD media that is all read-only. In that case, you will need to write the changed file to a drive that allows writes.
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Because this image is read-only, the rotated version cannot be saved using the same file name. To save it, click Copy To and give it a new file name.
To do this, open Explorer, locate the file, and right-click on the filename. Select properties.
You will see the file attributes at the bottom of the properties dialog.
If the Read-only attribute is set, toggle the check-box off.
In rare cases, the entire folder (or drive) may be set to read-only. In these situations you may need to clear the read-only state from the drive or folder, following the steps above, but going into the properties of the folder or drive.
Before changing the read-only state on a folder or drive, consider if there were good reasons why read-only was set before clearing the flag. Also consider if another writable location would be better.
FaultWire Staff Posted: 27-Jun-2011
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