XEmacs 21.4.19: Problem with customized folders on Windows XP

[Adrian Aichner]

Antonio Freixas <tonyf at europa.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Windows XP, if you choose to customize a folder (say, by setting a
> special icon for it), the folder becomes read-only. Except it's not,
> really. I can still create, delete and edit files in the folder.

I don't understand the above.

Please describe along those lines:

- What happened.
- What you thought should have happened.
- Precisely what you were doing at the time.

Adrian

>
> This is actually hard to see. In Explorer, add the "Attributes" column
> to the display to view the permissions.
>
> The net effect is that XEmacs thinks it can't create files in these
> folders. This is a pain, as I have to manually create a file and then
> open it in XEmacs. Writing the file out is not a problem.
>
> Does anyone know of any work-around?

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Adrian Aichner
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