Read-Only Attribute Question

I have a set of empty skinned folders that I often copy around to my various partitions to house particular types of files. I like the different colors for easy file-type recognition.

I keep them in a folder called "Folder Prototypes_All" on my F: drive. The folder "Folder Prototypes_All" is marked read-only and each of the skinned folders within is marked read-only.

Win Xp Pro (my OS) gives me a warning if I accidentally try to delete one of them but I want to disable moving them. Dragging and dropping between partitions copies rather than moves the files. My problem is when trying to drag and drop one of my read-only prototypes to a new location on the original F: drive. The prototype is simply moved rather than copied. I thought read-only meant read-only!?? I want XP to copy the read-only file to the new location even though it is on the same partition. Is this possible?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

You ever notice the sidebar in Windows Explorer? Click on a folder, then look in the sidebar under "File and Folder Tasks". There'll be a "Copy This Folder" button.

 

Yes, Thank you for your reply!

I know I can command Windows to copy the folder rather than move it by using the sidebar. I would like to set attributes such that Windows always recognizes that it is a read-only file and can only copy it rather than move it.