copying folders

[Eberhard Roloff]

norman wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 15:23 +0100, norman wrote:
>> I am puzzled. When I copy a folder of photographs by dragging the folder
>> from one window into another window the folder and its contents each
>> have a lock attached to them. I know this can be unlocked in properties
>> but I wondered if there was a setting somewhere that would prevent this
>> happening.
> 
> I forgot to add that this only happens when I am copying from an
> external storage device such as a CD or memory stick.
> 
> Norman 
> 
> 
In regard to copy from CD, maybe this happens becuase CD resident filies 
by definition are read only?

Possibly you set your memory stick to be non writable?

Kind regards
Eberhard