SysEdit Does Not Save Read-Only Configuration Files

ID: Q78896

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

The SysEdit configuration utility included with Windows 3.0 and 3.0a allows you to edit and save the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, and SYSTEM.INI files with the MS-DOS archive file attribute even if the files are marked with the read-only file attribute prior to running SysEdit.

CAUSE

When you edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, and SYSTEM.INI files, SysEdit creates a backup of the original files and assigns an .SYD extension to each. The .SYD files inherit the read-only attribute from the original files read from the hard disk, but do not transfer the file attribute to the modified AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, and SYSTEM.INI files that are saved when exiting SysEdit.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows versions 3.0 and 3.0a. This problem was corrected and does not occur in later versions of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.0 3.0a

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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