Change folder attribute using powershell

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I have a hidden folder at my C:\.

I want to change the folder attribute to ReadOnly.

Please help me on this.

What I have tried:

Set-ItemProperty -Path "$Directory_Path$Directory" -Name attributes -Value ((Get-ItemProperty "$Directory_Path$Directory").attributes -bxor ([io.fileattributes]::Normal))

Posted 26-May-16 1:40am

Black_Rose

Updated 26-May-16 1:56am

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Richard MacCutchan 26-May-16 7:41am

What is the problem?

Black_Rose 26-May-16 7:52am

Problem is it's not changing anything.It's executing without any error.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 26-May-16 11:06am

I want to warn you, just in case: this attribute won't really protect anything, any piece of software can override it, and will, hopefully, on the user consent.
—SA

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2016-05-26T01:56:00

Solution 1

See Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Enumerations and Values | Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog[^], that should help you debug your issue.

Posted 26-May-16 1:56am

Richard MacCutchan

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Black_Rose 26-May-16 22:53pm

Sir, I am not able to figure it out how the given link is relating my issue. can you please explain this.

Richard MacCutchan 27-May-16 3:09am

Go to the link, study all the samples. They show you how to add more code to help diagnose what is happening in your script. We cannot see the value of all the variables in your code, or the status and attributes of any files that are referenced.