How can I mark a whole Windows folder with all subfolders as read-only?

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How can I mark a whole Windows folder with all subfolders as read-only?

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Question:

How can I mark a whole Windows folder with all subfolders as read-only?

Answer:

You can either

select that folder in Windows Explorer
right-click on the folder
select 'properties'
check the 'Read Only' box

It will do it for all the subfolders unless you disabled applying inheritable attributes (this can be done or un-done with a click on 'Advanced')

You can also open a 'DOS box' (command line interpreter), go into the folder and use the attrib command as shown below:


	cd \ReadonlyFolder attrib +r . /s

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