Hi,

I am having trouble importing a file

into Outlook Express. When I try, I

get the message:

"No messages can be found in this

folder or another application is

running that has the required FILES

open. Please select another folder

or try closing applications that may

have files open."

In an article on www.ask-leo.com it seems to

say that this problem is caused by

the "read only" attribute being on.

However, I am unable to get it to

turn off. I uncheck it (uncolor it

actually. The box is colored in

green. If I click it once, it goes

blank. If I click it twice, a check

appears. If I click it a third time,

it turns green again.). However, as

soon as I close the properties

window, it reverts back to its

original state. (read only colored

green)

I submitted the problem to another

forum and got the following reply:

"The 'read only' checkbox means

nothing in WinXP, you can safely

ignore it. Permissions are set using

ACLs.

If I remember correctly, the Read

Only mechanism in the properties

window USES n attribute bit from FAT

filesystems (pre-NTFS). This bit

exists in both filesystems, but is

always set to '1' by default by NTFS

and then IGNORED, presumably as a

result of designing NTFS such that

FAT filesystems can be converted into

it.

If you are having trouble moving the

file, you need to look at the ACLs in

the 'security' tab of the

'properties' window."

Well, there is no "security" tab.

The folder has 3 tabs--General,

Sharing, & Customize. On the sharing

tab it seemed to indicate that there

might be some restriction on sharing

the CONTENTS of the folder. So I ran

a wizard to change that & I checked

two boxes on the Sharing tab marked

"Share this folder on the network."

(I'm not on a network by the way.)

and "Allow network users to change my

files."

None of this helped. I still can't

import the file to OE. I still get

the same error message. Can you

help? Thanks.