Removing Read-only Attribute

If you copy files from a CD, Windows will mark them as read-only. This means you will not be able to write new information or update existing information in these files. In many cases this will cause problems. For example, if you copy a backup of your AccuTrack data files from a CD, the files will be marked as read-only. When you try to use AccuTrack (e.g. sign a student in), AccuTrack will not be able to update its data files and you will see an error message like this one:

To fix this problem, you need to remove the read-only attribute from the data files. Here's is how to do it:

1) Using Windows Explorer, go to the AccuTrack data folder.

2) Select all the files in the data folder. A quick way to do this is to press Ctrl-A on your keyboard (keep the 'Ctrl' button down and press the latter 'A')

3) Using the mouse RIGHT button, click on one of the highlighted files.

4) You will see a pop-up box. Select "Properties" by clicking on it:

5) The "Properties" box will come up:

6) In this box you will see the "Attributes" section with "Read-only" box checked. Uncheck this box:

7) Click on "OK"

Note: If you follow the above steps and the attribute stays as 'read-only', then your Widnows administration account does not have enough access-rights to make this change. You will need to recruit the assistance of a network administrator with an authorized account to update the attributes for you.