You will use this to edit files. Some files can be hidden, and also can be write protected, during troubleshooting it is some times necessary to edit these files or delete them.

To change the attributes of these files type the following

ATTRIB –R –S –H <file name>

For example to change the attributes of MSDOS.SYS type the following

ATTRIB –R –S –H C:\MSDOS.SYS

So now that you know how to remove a file’s attributes, I will now show you how to add them back.

To add the attributes of these files back type the following:

ATTRIB +R +S +H <file name>

For example to change the attributes of MSDOS.SYS type the following

ATTRIB +R +S +H C:\MSDOS.SYS