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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:21:08 -0400
From: Joe Brown <joebrown AT rclooke DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cannot write files if they are hidden
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My opinion of this matter:

Hidden should not imply read-only...  There are read-only and system 
attributes which can perform this feat.

Why in the world Microsoft decided hidden should be read-only in some of 
the time (dos edit -- for those of us who've had to use it when 
necessary) is beyond me.

If a file is hidden, it insinuates that an average user should not need 
access to the file.  By hiding it, under normal circumstances that 
circut is complete, one cannot edit what one cannot find.

IMO the read-only flag should be the only one that implies read-only.  I 
conceed that there is logic to the system flag also impliing read-only.  
I don't see much logic in hidden implying read-only.  That implies 
confusion to a simple state of being.

WordPad hidden-file save = access denied
NotePad hidden-file save = file saved

There is no logic in that...


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