Why can't I set Windows 7 folder to Writeable?

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Published on 2013-06-26T14:53:52Z Indexed on 2013/06/26 16:23 UTC
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Moved a SATA HD from one PC to another. Copied almost all the files from old drive to new, except for one folder ("oldFolder") and it's subfolders and files.

I tried to copy just a single file (to simplify things):

Can't copy that file to same directory. (get above error) CAN copy file to Desktop. Can not copy files' container folder to Desktop.

Under Properties for that OldFolder:

Read Only is Checked.
Security: Everyone set to Allow everything except "special permissions"
All users are set to allow WRITE.

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