[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Is it possible to remove all attributes to all dir, sub dir, folders, files, live in windows?

using the cmd as follows:

ATTRIB -R -H %systemdrive% /S /D

All examples are welcomed.

[[deXter]]

Simply put, yes, you can.

There is a caveat though: You won't be able to remove the attributes (R/H/A) of a system file (+S). For such files, you'd need to do a -S first.

ATTRIB -S -R -H -A will work if you want to remove all attributes.

Further caveats-
- It won't work for OS protected files like "System Volume Information"
- It won't work for files that you don't have write access to. (use cacls.exe for such files)

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

[deXter], on Apr 15 2007, 06:34 PM, said:

Simply put, yes, you can.

There is a caveat though: You won't be able to remove the attributes (R/H/A) of a system file (+S). For such files, you'd need to do a -S first.

ATTRIB -S -R -H -A will work if you want to remove all attributes.

Further caveats-
- It won't work for OS protected files like "System Volume Information"
- It won't work for files that you don't have write access to. (use cacls.exe for such files)

@ deXter
very helpful