This problem has been around for quite some time and I have never found a solution. I even had to format once to get rid of it. And I'm not the only one with this: here, here and here.
Basically, all of a sudden all folders in my Windows XP setup become (grayed) read only
For many programs this really isn't a big deal. But I found that Eclipse doesn't work anymore!
- Tried re-installing applications, didn't solve the problem
- Microsoft's solution doesn't solve the problem
- Disabling simple file sharing doesn't solve the problem
- Changing Read-Only properties to sub-files/folders doesn't solve the problem
- Disabled my antivirus (Comodo Internet Security), didn't solve the problem
There have been many suggestions if you search but none of them worked. This could end up as another Works for Me thing and never be solved.