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VIEWING ATTRIBUTES OF FILES

You may know that files have four separate attributes under DOS: Hidden vs. Not Hidden, System vs. Non-System, Read-Only vs. Non-Read-Only, and Archived vs. not Archived. There was (and still is) a DOS command called ATTRIB you could use to display the attributes of a file or group of files. If you do not want to go into an MS-DOS session Prompt to type in some commands, is there another way you can view the file attributes of a file? Yes, you begin by right-clicking on the desired file, then choose Properties from the context menu. On the Properties page you will see, at the bottom, some check-marked fields for the four attributes. If a check mark is present, then the associated attribute is on. If you wanted to modify the attributes of a file you could click on the desired fields to either turn on or off the associated attribute.