>Hi,
>
>I just ran across your 12/07/2001 Windows Script tip on how to turn on
>a file's read-only attribute and was able to successfully turn on a file's
>read-only property.
>
>My actual need is just the opposite. Might you be willing to suggest how
>I could turn off the read-only attribute?
>
>I know virtually nothing about Windows Scripting but found out that the
>normal file attribute constant is 0. Simply substituting the constant
>0 in place of 1 didn't work. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>

>
>(Your original tip)
> oFSO = CREATEOBJECT('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
> * Get an object reference to the file of interest
> oFile = oFSO.GetFile(lcfile)
> * Set to Read-Only
> oFile.Attributes = BITOR(oFile.Attributes, 1)

Sure. Instead of BITOR(), use BITXOR(). The all bit except bit zero will be retained.