What is file premissions?

For years I've had the Webshots program on my computers. Recently I noticed that the photo manager part of the program was no longer operating. I uninstalled WEBSHOTS using ADD/REMOVE in Control Panel and I went through the contents of my hard drive and removed all traces, that I could find, of that program. I also looked at the registry using REGEDIT. Webshots is listed there but I was afraid to remove WEBSHOTS from the listings.

Then I started all over again: I downloaded the WEBSHOTS desktop. Then ran Install but I got the following message:

File Locked The file "C:|WINDOWS\webshots.scr" is locked and can't be overwritten by the install program. Press OK to cancel the install, reboot and try again.

I did cancel the install, rebooted and tried again and got the same result.

I am able to download the photos from the website but the manager willnot work.

So---what does the File Locked message mean?

How can I find what causes the lockup?

Should I have removed the program from the Registry listings?

Is there a way that I can solve this problem?

Thanks.

This question was answered on October 31, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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Permissions for files and foldersFolder permissions include Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write Each of these permissions consists of a logical group of special permissions which are listed and defined below.

Permission Description

Traverse Folder/Execute File For folders: Traverse Folder allows or denies moving through folders to reach other files or folders, even if the user has no permissions for the traversed folders (applies to folders only) Traverse folder takes effect only when the group or user is not granted the Bypass traverse checking user right in the Group Policy snap-in (By default, the Everyone group is given the Bypass traverse checking user right.)

For files: Execute File allows or denies running program files (applies to files only).

Setting the Traverse Folder permission on a folder does not automatically set the Execute File permission on all files within that folder.

List Folder/Read Data List Folder allows or denies viewing file names and subfolder names within the folder List Folder only affects the contents of that folder and does not affect whether the folder you are setting the permission on will be listed Applies to folders only

Read Data allows or denies viewing data in files (applies to files only)

Read Attributes Allows or denies viewing the attributes of a file or folder, such as read-only and hidden Attributes are defined by NTFS

Read Extended Attributes Allows or denies viewing the extended attributes of a file or folder Extended attributes are defined by programs and may vary by program

Create Files/Write Data Create Files allows or denies creating files within the folder (applies to folders only)

Write Data allows or denies making changes to the file and overwriting existing content (applies to files only)

Create Folders/Append Data Create Folders allows or denies creating folders within the folder (applies to folders only)

Append Data allows or denies making changes to the end of the file but not changing, deleting, or overwriting existing data (applies to files only)

Write Attributes Allows or denies changing the attributes of a file or folder, such as read-only or hidden Attributes are defined by NTFS

The Write Attributes permission does not imply creating or deleting files or folders, it only includes the permission to make changes to the attributes of a file or folder In order to allow (or deny) create or delete operations, see Create Files/Write Data, Create Folders/Append Data, Delete Subfolders and Files, and Delete

Write Extended Attributes Allows or denies changing the extended attributes of a file or folder Extended attributes are defined by programs and may vary by program

The Write Extended Attributes permission does not imply creating or deleting files or folders, it only includes the permission to make changes to the attributes of a file or folder In order to allow (or deny) create or delete operations, see Create Files/Write Data, Create Folders/Append Data, Delete Subfolders and Files, and Delete

Delete Subfolders and Files Allows or denies deleting subfolders and files, even if the Delete permission has not been granted on the subfolder or file (applies to folders)

Delete Allows or denies deleting the file or folder If you don't have Delete permission on a file or folder, you can still delete it if you have been granted Delete Subfolders and Files on the parent folder

Read Permissions Allows or denies reading permissions of the file or folder, such as Full Control, Read, and Write

Change Permissions Allows or denies changing permissions of the file or folder, such as Full Control, Read, and Write

Take Ownership Allows or denies taking ownership of the file or folder The owner of a file or folder can always change permissions on it, regardless of any existing permissions that protect the file or folder

Synchronize Allows or denies different threads to wait on the handle for the file or folder and synchronize with another thread that may signal it This permission applies only to multithreaded, multiprocess programs

right click the folder/s in question and select write permission.

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Posted by christopher of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on October 31, 2004

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