update 17.7.2314 set every folder on my computer to read-only

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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What the subject line says. I can try to right click a folder, select Properties, and uncheck read-only, and it will pretend to fix the problem for that folder and all sub-folders. But right clicking the folder again to check shows that it just goes right back to being read-only. I don’t know how to unset read-only at the level of C: or D:, which seems to be what’s necessary.

Apparently support for Avast Free Antivirus is simply “ask a question on the forums”, so that’s what I’m doing here… Can anyone please help? This is a catastrophic bug that has reduced my computer to merely being a very expensive web browser. :frowning:

OS is Windows 7, so the Google results about Windows 10 doing something like this aren’t much help. Avast’s scan didn’t find anything wrong, for whatever that’s worth.

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Hi, I don’t know if this is caused by updating your Avast.
A solution you are looking for is here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/326549/you-cannot-view-or-change-the-read-only-or-the-system-attributes-of-fo , but before you do it, read the warning. The documentation for attrib command is here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490868.aspx

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Hello,
the read-only flag sets Windows by default. What is your problem? Something does not work?

Milos

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Are you getting this error in the Scan Results? It seems like what I’m asking about:

Error: File is offline - It is currently not available. (42006) . . . https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=209475.0

I think it’s due to this Virus Definition, and not the Program Update:

Virus Definitions
Current version: 171005-4
Release date: 10/05/17 8:42:04 AM

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Thanks Jakub, attrib -r seems to have worked. It’s a bit confusing since the folders still show read-only, but the files inside can now be updated. I’ve tested with a Notepad text file and a save game file and both work now, which they did not last night. Thank you!