{"id":492,"date":"2018-01-06T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=492"},"modified":"2018-01-06T14:44:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T14:44:38","slug":"change-file-attributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/change-file-attributes\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change File Attributes in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>File attributes are special metadata or properties of files stored in the file system which instruct computer software to change its behavior. For example, the read-only attribute prevents apps from writing to such files and tells File Explorer to warn the user that the file or folder can be important. Here is the method to change file attributes in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How To Change File Attributes in Windows 10:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>File Explorer<\/b> and go to the folder that contains your files.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/windows-10-run-file-explorer.png\" alt=\"windows-10 run file explorer\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then select the file whose attributes you want to change.<\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, click on the <b>Properties<\/b> button on the <b>Home<\/b> tab of the Ribbon.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-file-explorer-properties.png\" alt=\"windows-10-file-explorer-properties\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: In the next dialog, under <b>Attributes<\/b>, you can set or remove the Read-only and Hidden attributes.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-properies-attributes.png\" alt=\"windows-10-properies-attributes\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 5: Finally, you may click on the <b>Advanced<\/b> button to set or clear extra attributes available for the file.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/windows-10-properties-advanced-attributes.png\" alt=\"windows 10 Change File Attributes\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How To Change File Attributes in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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