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Accidential Removal and Deletion of files
We are currently running Windows Server 2008 we have a lot of file shares on the server that all of our users access. One problem that we constantly have is that some users accidentally move files to incorrect folders or delete files on accident. I was just curious if there was any way to somehow lock down those files so they cannot be moved or deleted by accident. We do have backups and restore them every time an issue like this does occur; however, I was hoping for a better solution to this matter.
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If you go to the shared drive, right click properties, security, Avanced, select thr group or user you want and click edit, you can prevent them from deleting, but I'm not sure about moving folders. Do you have shadow copying set up on your server to revert the folder to a previous version? I have it set up to take a copy 3 times a day so if a person deletes a file, i can right click the folder, select prevous versions and select the time of the day to go back to.
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Unfortunately, I am afraid that the requirement could not be met because of
the way that Office saves files. When you modify and then save a Word
document, the following happens:
1. Word builds a new temporary file using the edited version of the
document.
2. After Word creates the temporary file, Word deletes the previous version
of the document.
3. Word renames the temporary file to the same name as the previous version
of the document.
According to the above work process, we can see that the Delete permission
is required to modify and save a Word document. In other word, if you
permit a user to save modification you will also need to permit a user to
delete the file. Unfortunately, this behavior is designed and could not be
modified. Thank you for your understanding.
For more information, please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge
Base article:
A description of the way that Excel saves files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814068
You receive an error message when you try to save a file in Excel
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214073/
WD: How Word for Windows Uses Temporary Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632