Microsoft KB Archive/81361

= MS-DOS Err Msg: Not Resetting System|Hidden File =

Article ID: 81361

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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This article was previously published under Q81361



SYMPTOMS
If a file is marked with both the hidden (h) and system (s) attributes, and you attempt to remove one of the attributes with the MS-DOS ATTRIB command, the command fails and an error message similar to following is displayed:

Not resetting file [drive:][path][filename]

where is &quot;system&quot; or &quot;hidden.&quot;

Similarly, if the file is marked read-only (r) and has the hidden(h) and system (s) attribute(s) set, you must remove the hidden and system attribute(s) before you can change the read-only attribute.



RESOLUTION
Use the MS-DOS ATTRIB command to remove BOTH the hidden and system attributes at the same time. If the file is marked hidden, system, AND read- only, either remove all attributes simultaneously, or remove hidden and system attributes first, then the read-only attribute.



MORE INFORMATION
If a file has both the hidden and system attributes set, an attempt to remove only one of the attributes failS with one of the above error messages. For example, if the file C:\ONE.TWO is marked as both system and hidden, the command(s)

c:\dos\attrib c:\one.two -h

c:\dos\attrib c:\one.two -s

produce the respective error messages:

Not resetting system file C:\ONE.TWO

Not resetting hidden file C:\ONE.TWO

To remove either attribute, use the following command to remove BOTH attributes at the same time:

c:\dos\attrib c:\one.two -s -h

If necessary, you can use the following command to remove the read-only, system, and hidden attributes simultaneously:

c:\dos\attrib c:\one.two -s -h -r

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20 6.22 attrib.exe

Keywords: KB81361

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