How to change Read-Only property for a file

The standard answer for this type of question is, google it!

A simple google search returned this article as the first hit:

Set file attributes: Hidden, ReadOnly[^]

Granted, you would have to know how to change the word true to false, but you should be able to figure that out.

And next time, try to make your title fit your question. The title looked like you wanted to "lock" a file, not change it from read-only.

Dear koolprasad20032

Thank you ur help but i have been though the link that u gave me. After i done all the step, i got an error and i cant solve it.

the error said ....

File, FileAttributes are not declared.. So what type of data i need to declare for File and FileAttributes?


Is that a String??



Thank you for your help again..

Sub ChangeAtt(ByVal filePath As String)
       System.IO.File.SetAttributes(filePath, System.IO.File.GetAttributes(filePath) Xor FileAttributes.ReadOnly Or FileAttributes.Hidden)
   End Sub

xor:to remove attribute from file attributes
or: to add attribute to file attributes