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Windows 2003 file permission question

Hello Windows experts !

I run into a problem with one of my Windows 2003 shared folder.
Briefly

I have a folder containing 30 GB of data (subfolders and files) which is shared by a group of 9 users. This share is mapped on their local XP stations as Z:\share

I am trying to give everybody in this group(9 users) the following permissions/abilities
-read a file
-write to a file (append data) and then re-save it
- create folders under Z:\share
- copy files to and from their local workstations
I DO NOT want them to be able to delete the files/folders under Z:\share

I have tried different set of permissions but no luck so far. Here is it (see attachment called Permission). These are at C:\share level and propagated down to the last file

The problem is that a member of the group can open the file but I cannot save it. If I gave them Modify rights then they can save it but it seems that they can deleted the file

Any idea will be much appreciated. Thank you in advance and Happy New Year

Best regards
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Henrik Johansson

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Joe Bibecu

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Thank you experts for answering. I knew that there is no 100% good answer here and unfortunately the separate folder for each user will not work (they need to share AND MODIFY the files between them)

I appreciate you time. Thank you and Happy New Year