#2 Can't rename system files

[Sean Robertson]

I have a bunch of files that I copied off of a CD in
Windows XP that Renameit refuses to rename, claiming
their system files. Not all of the files copied do it, but a
substantial number do (to the point where I don't want
to hand-rename them). I can't seem to find anything in
Windows Explorer to make them not system files, nor is
there any indication anywhere that they actually are. I
tried selecting them and going to File:Properties, but
unlike Win2K, there's no option for System down by
where the Read Only option is.

[Werner BEROUX]

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This is a protection. Normally people who rename system files
and know what they're doing also know how to change the
attributes. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to only draw
a "system file" warning message box with "Yes conitnue"
or "No don't rename" buttons.

To change attributes you may use the dos command "attrib"
or a Windows(tm) tool like AlcTouch.

You copied files from CD to your HD, and thoses copie files
have system attribute set?

[Sean Robertson]

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> To change attributes you may use the dos command "attrib"
> or a Windows(tm) tool like AlcTouch.

I eventually did find out about the attrib command and used
that successfully, but, needless to say, I'm extremely
annoyed at MS for removing the checkbox for that from the
properties windows - it used to be there in 2000, and they
had no business removing it (like so many other features they
destroyed in XP).

> You copied files from CD to your HD, and thoses copie files
> have system attribute set?

The CDs were burned in China (photos of products we have
made there - they do color corections, then send the images
back to us), and had _all kinds_ of amazing problems,
including misnamed files (hence the need for RenameIt),
corrupt files, etc. I have no idea why they'd come across as
system files, but they did.