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How to Make a File Read Only

You create a file and put some important things in it; you don't want to lose it by deleting it mistakenly, and for safety reasons want a warning message before deletion (or for any other reason). Making a file Read-only is an easy and...

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Method 1 of 2:

GUI Method

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    Right click on the file, you want to make it Read-only.
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    Click on the Properties tab from the context menu.
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    Click the Read-only check box belong to Attributes from on the General tab from the popped up Properties window.
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    Click on Apply and then click on Okay.
Method 2 of 2:

Command Prompt Method

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    Open command prompt. You can open it by clicking on Start->Run, then type cmd and hit Enter. You can also press Win Key+R.
  2. Write below codes and hit Enter to make your file Read-only.
    • attrib +r ""
    • Example: attrib +r "D:wikiHow.txt"
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Kareem Winters
Update 24 March 2020

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