Batch file to turn off read only on a roaming folder.

[jimolibob]

Dear, members
Thank you for any help you are able to give on my very first post here in the computer hope forum.

I need to deploy a batch file that will remove the read only settings of a folder (or rather its contents) for users on a domain.

The folder is located here:
username>AppData>Roaming>Microsoft>Signatures

I've installed some signature software but unless the users manually goes and un-ticks the read only box under permissions for this folder it doesn't run.

Does anyone know if you could create a bat file that can do this and then be deployed via logon script?

Many thanks to anyone that can help.

James

[Squashman]

Are you using batch or vbscript for your current logon script?

[jimolibob]

They're .bat files

[Squashman]

So what is stopping you from adding the attrib command to the login script?

[jimolibob]

Not knowing what that is and how to go about it. 
I'm very much a newbie. If anyone can recommend a good resource for learning about how to write bat files that would also be appreciated. Thanks for helping if you can.

[Squashman]

An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
Batch Guide

Code: [Select]

attrib -R "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"

[jimolibob]

Thank you, Squashman!

[patio]

Give a man a fish he'll eat for a day...teach a man to fish and he'll spend all day in a boat drinking Beer...

[Squashman]

Give a man a fish he'll eat for a day...teach a man to fish and he'll spend all day in a boat drinking Beer...

+1
That is my favorite adaptation of those words of wisdom!

[jimolibob]

OK, That didn't work.

I've tried it on my script and it looks like this. Am I doing it correctly?

@echo off

REM Set local clock to server time

call Global.bat
call IT.bat
call emailsigs.bat

attrib -R "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures\

EXIT

[patio]

+1
That is my favorite adaptation of those words of wisdom!

      

[Squashman]

Try testing some of the commands manually.

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C:\>attrib "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"
        I    C:\Users\Squashman\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures

C:\>attrib +R "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"

C:\>attrib "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"
     R  I    C:\Users\Squashman\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures

C:\>attrib -R "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"

C:\>attrib "%appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures"
        I    C:\Users\Squashman\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures


[jimolibob]

Sorry been away for Easter.

Turns out this is what worked in case anyone else wants to know:

attrib -R %appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures\*.* /s

Thanks for your help Squashman!

[Squashman]

When you described the problem you clearly said all the person had to do was toggle the read only on the signatures folder. So you get the code for which you described your problem.

[BC_Programmer]

I was going to mention the same thing but in the Original Post they did mention in parentheses that they really wanted to deal with the folder contents.