win10 foto data are now system files - how to change

Manimotion · 05 May 2023

Hello dear helpers, dear community,

using adobe lightroom one can rename files inside the program.
But it did not change a dozen of the files because they are marked as system files!

How can I change those files back to a normal behaviour?
I do have the full rights for those files and Windows does not show any differende to the other files in the same folder.
Even other programs like rename-it does not load these files.

Any Idea? Any hint would help.
Thank you in advance
Manfred Mueller Manimotion

Try3 · 05 May 2023

Manfred,

Which files are reported as system files by your Lightroom application?
Does File explorer confirm that they are system files? [You can add the Attributes column to your File explorer Details view by right-clicking on any column header, selecting More... then setting the checkbox for Attributes.]

Denis

Manimotion · 05 May 2023

Hi Denis,

thanks for the hint, now I see that those files are marked as SA instead of the normal A.

win10 foto data are now system files - how to change-screenshot-2023-05-05-142556.jpg

Wow, this really helped. After seeing the attributes I searched for a program to change these Attributes and found "Attribute Changer". This makes it easy an after changing I tested the results in Lightroom - it worked!!! All files are o.k.
((it seems years ago one used dos for this... - now I remember)).

Again thank you very much and greetings from Nuremberg Germany
Manfred

Try3 · 05 May 2023

Would I be right in thinking that the nef-data files are your pictures whilst the xmp-data files are some sort of control file used by Lightroom?
I find those 2008 files dates very odd.

Do the nef-data files remain as system files when Lightroom is closed?
Has anything changed between the last nef file that is not a system file and the first one that is a system file/
If so I suspect a Lightroom fault. Lightroom classic has a user forum you could search or ask in.

Denis