# read only folder **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 3, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-only-folder/75649 "2009-11-03T03:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![97Ranger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97ranger/32/7342_2.png) [@97Ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-only-folder/75649/1 "2009-11-03T03:55:22Z")
so i was going to update my music on my memory card for my phone and i went to drag more files to the memory card and it said i could not becasue the file (the music file on my cpu) was write protected? I have no idea how this happend. its not the card or the adapter becasue they worked fine on another computer. so my computer nerd buddy tells me it may be a read only file so i look and sure enough it is. so i uncheck it and apply it. does the same thing. i go back into the properties and the read only box is now green. not a green check mark but the entrie box is green? and every time i click it to go away it comes right back. can anybody help with this issue? or tell me how my folder got write protected? the computer i am trying this on has windows XP home edition. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-only-folder/75649/2 "2009-11-03T04:48:51Z")
maybe you dont have ‘permission’ to do that? like you are only a user, not the owner/admin? I am having the same problem with my jump drive and the allway sync program, it wont let me write a certain file to create auto sync, yet I have definitely unchecked the read only box and I am the only admin/user on this comp. ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-only-folder/75649/3 "2009-11-03T05:12:46Z")
sounds stupid but i had this issue. the card has a little slider on the side, make sure its not towards the “lock” sometimes itll slide into that position when you put the card in the reader. ---
**Author:** ![97Ranger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97ranger/32/7342_2.png) [@97Ranger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/read-only-folder/75649/4 "2009-11-03T06:02:02Z")
its the the card. its the folder on the computer and no there are 2 other users on the cpu besides me but i am the admin