Remove readonly of Folder from c#

Question

How can i programatically remove the readonly attribute of folder from c# code ?

Answer 1

Here's a good link to examples of modifying file attributes using c#

http://www.csharp-examples.net/file-attributes/

based on their example, you can remove the Read Only attribute like this (I haven't tested this):

File.SetAttributes(filePath, File.GetAttributes(filePath) & ~FileAttributes.ReadOnly);

Answer 2

If you're attempting to remove the attribute of a file in the file system, create an instance of the System.IO.FileInfo class and set the property IsReadOnly to false.

        FileInfo file = new FileInfo("c:\\microsoft.text");
        file.IsReadOnly = false;

Answer 3

Got it finally. ;)

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("c:\\test");

        FileAttributes f = di.Attributes;

        Console.WriteLine("Directory c:\\test has attributes:");
        DecipherAttributes(f);

    }

    public static void DecipherAttributes(FileAttributes f)
    {
        // To set use File.SetAttributes

        File.SetAttributes(@"C:\test", FileAttributes.ReadOnly);

        if ((f & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
            Console.WriteLine("ReadOnly");

        // To remove readonly use "-="
        f -= FileAttributes.ReadOnly;

        if ((f & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
            Console.WriteLine("ReadOnly");
        else
            Console.WriteLine("Not ReadOnly");
    }
}

Answer 4

var di = new DirectoryInfo("SomeFolder");
di.Attributes &= ~FileAttributes.ReadOnly;