Re: Prevent accidental file deletion
From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/01/04
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Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:59:41 -0400
Set the permissions so that the user can't delete the file. They have to use a
different userid.
-- Joe Richards Microsoft MVP Windows Server Directory Services www.joeware.net Steve R wrote: > In previous versions of Windows, if you set a file's > attribute to Read Only, you could not delete the file > unless you change the attribute back. With XP, you get a > prompt in the pop-up window that the file you are about > to delete is marked read only, do you want to delete it? > If you are too quick with the Enter key, the read only > file is gone. > > It is too easy to accidently delete a file that is marked > read only. Is there some way to prevent the read only > file from being deleted unless the attribute is changed > or a password is entered? >
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