How to remove write protection in Total Commander: two ways

At some point, using your operating system, you may find that the file that you are trying to open with the Explorer file manager opens, but you cannot edit it. Most often, users notice this when working with text documents. And the problem is the corresponding Read-Only attribute that was overlaid on the document. In this article, we will not go into the root of the problem, we will simply explain how to remove write protection in Total Commander.

Preparatory Activities

But before proceeding to the detailed instructions explaining how to remove write protection in Total Commander, it is worth paying attention to some nuances. The fact is that this action can be performed only if the presented file manager is started with administrator rights, otherwise nothing will work. Now it will be demonstrated how to do this:

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Go to the "All Programs" or "All Applications" section (depending on the version of Windows).
3. Find the program Total Commander in the list.
4. Click on its RMB icon (right-click).
5. Select the appropriate item.

After that, the application will open with administrator rights, and you can remove write protection in Total Commander. So now we will go directly to the three withdrawal options.

Method 1: unprotect a file

So, we proceed directly to the consideration of a situation when, when you try to change a file, Total Commander writes to you: "Remove write protection." You need to follow these steps:

1. In the workspace of the program, go to the folder where the problem file is located, and select it.
2. Just above the toolbar is a horizontal menu. There you need to click on the "File" section.
3. The corresponding menu will appear. In it you need to select the very first item - "Change Attributes".
4. The "Change Attributes" window appears. In it you can observe that opposite the "Read-only" item, a checkmark is set, which is why you could not make adjustments to the file.
5. To correct the situation, click on the checkmark so that it disappears.
6. After the actions are done, click OK to save the changes to the program.

Just like that, in Total Commander you can remove file write protection, so absolutely any user can handle it. But what if this protection is not applied to the file, but to the folder? That is what we are going to consider now.

Method 2: unprotect a folder

What to do if there are a lot of files in one folder that require removal of write protection? Do not perform the above manipulations with each separately. Fortunately, this is not needed, because you can remove protection from all files in the folder at once. This is done, by the way, in a similar way, but so that no one has any questions, let's look at everything in stages.

1. Run Total Commander as administrator. How to do this was described at the beginning of the article.
2. In the workspace of the program, find the folder you need from which you want to remove protection.
3. Select it by clicking LMB once.
4. In the top panel, click on the "Files" section.
5. From the drop-down menu, select "Change Attribute".
6. The familiar "Change Attributes" window will appear. Uncheck Read Only.
7. Click OK.

After that, all files in the selected folder can be edited without problems. So you got acquainted with the second method, but now we come to the conclusion.

Conclusion

This is the end of the article, since we have successfully sorted out two ways of how to remove write protection in the Total Commander program. Finally, I want to highlight their distinguishing features. Using the first method, you can easily and quickly change the attribute of an individual file, but it is not suitable if you need to change it at once for several. In this case, it is recommended to use the second method.