From: "Francis Huang" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: File Handling Question Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:07:27 -0400 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <7seki4$fsq$1@winter.news.rcn.net> X-Trace: ioTbY6XE/CF0F/Fk6MxsUU/rkKLida1xjfFl25XGs58= X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rcn DOT com NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Sep 1999 01:36:04 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I am using Windows 95. If I put commonly accessed files in one place on the hard disk, speed is increased. Current solution: Move all files from C: to D:, delete all files on C:, then move them back, in the order desired. My problem: some files refuse to be deleted off the C drive because Windows needs them. If I go to DOS, the file attributes for the registry file and other system files are set to Hidden+Read Only, so DOS refuses to delete them. Also, then some files will not copy back to C: drive because they are also hidden. How do I either set a file's attribute so DOS will copy the files? After setting the attributes, I simply run a batch file I made consisting of many lines in the format: move and everything should go fine.