System restore my computer and now my files are read only

[yaluckyboy09]

the other day, i did a system restore on my computer and now all of my files are read only

i tried some stuff on cmd but i dont understand how to punch things in with it

maybe if someone could explain things in a step my step manner i would really appreceate it

[SuperSparks]

In the Command Prompt, navigate to the folder that contains the read-only files, then type:

attrib -r *.* /S

that will remove the read-only attribute from every file with every file extension contained within the folder. The /S switch will make it do the same for all subfolders.

[yaluckyboy09]

do i actually type in the (*) or does it apply for a variable?

[yaluckyboy09]

it didnt work

it says that access was denied

[jdc2000]

How to take ownership of files and folders in Vista:
(Make sure you are logged in as an administrative user.)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html

http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/how-...ders-in-vista/

[Train]

To Unset All Files in Folder as Read-only
http://windows.bigresource.com/Track/windows7-nbeTju76/

+ Sets an attribute.
- Clears an attribute.
R Read-only file attribute.
A Archive file attribute.
S System file attribute.
H Hidden file attribute.
/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.
/D Process folders as well.