stopping folders from being moved on a shared drive
I have folders on a network share that are constantly moved. Is there a way to lock down folders on a share drive so that they never can be moved?
People move a folder without knowing it and the next day we have to look for it
The file servers are Windows Server 2012 r2
People move a folder without knowing it and the next day we have to look for it
The file servers are Windows Server 2012 r2
Tyler Brooks
You can prevent this by making sure that they don't have delete permissions on those folders, but also make sure not to propagate the setting down or else you may have issues with the files in those folders as well, in so far as if some needs delete permissions on a subfile they will then lose that.
Have you tried removing the delete permissions (for the user group) ?
It should resolve the issue, just make sure you retain it for administrators
Ken
It should resolve the issue, just make sure you retain it for administrators
Ken
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Is it possible for you to give access based enumeration to the shared folder so that they can only see their department folders...
ABE will only hide folders that users do not have access to (they would not be able to rename it anyway)
I had this exact issue years ago at the company I worked for, where staff would accidentally drag and drop folders.
The only solution I found that worked, was to replace Windows Explorer with something a little more powerful.
Directory Opus from GPSoft is a very powerful Windows Explorer replacement that allows configuration of just about anything you can think of. I still use it myself and often find it invaluable. To solve the problem, I installed it on everyone's workstation as a replacement to Windows Standard File Explorer and that allowed me to completely disable their ability to drag and drop folders. This finally fixed the problem for me.
Hope that's helpful.
Regards, Andrew
The only solution I found that worked, was to replace Windows Explorer with something a little more powerful.
Directory Opus from GPSoft is a very powerful Windows Explorer replacement that allows configuration of just about anything you can think of. I still use it myself and often find it invaluable. To solve the problem, I installed it on everyone's workstation as a replacement to Windows Standard File Explorer and that allowed me to completely disable their ability to drag and drop folders. This finally fixed the problem for me.
Hope that's helpful.
Regards, Andrew