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Window 2000 : How to protect a file from being deleted ?
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My PC at the workplace is running on Window 2000 Professional OS. I have Excel and PDF files saved under my personal and shared drive. May I know is there a way to protect certain files from being deleted from the drive unintentionally ? Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 |
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Window 2000 : How to protect a file from being deleted ?
Make a backup copy of the files on removable media and store in a safe
location. Mr. Low wrote: Dear Sir, My PC at the workplace is running on Window 2000 Professional OS. I have Excel and PDF files saved under my personal and shared drive. May I know is there a way to protect certain files from being deleted from the drive unintentionally ? Thanks Low |
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Window 2000 : How to protect a file from being deleted ?
Hello Bob,
Thanks for your info. Low -- A36B58K641 "Bob I" wrote: Make a backup copy of the files on removable media and store in a safe location. Mr. Low wrote: Dear Sir, My PC at the workplace is running on Window 2000 Professional OS. I have Excel and PDF files saved under my personal and shared drive. May I know is there a way to protect certain files from being deleted from the drive unintentionally ? Thanks Low |
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Window 2000 : How to protect a file from being deleted ?
In Windows XP you can right-click on a file (or a group of files) in
Explorer then select Properties and in the General Tab you can see Attributes at the bottom of the panel - check Read-only then click Apply then OK. Now when you try to delete a file you will get a warning message - "Are you sure you want to delete the Read-only file xyz...". Click Yes or No. I'm sure you would have a similar capability in Windows 2000, though I have never used it myself. It doesn't prevent you from deleting it, just a warning message ... Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 29, 11:52 pm, Mr. Low wrote: Hello Bob, Thanks for your info. Low -- A36B58K641 "Bob I" wrote: Make a backup copy of the files on removable media and store in a safe location. Mr. Low wrote: Dear Sir, My PC at the workplace is running on Window 2000 Professional OS. I have Excel and PDF files saved under my personal and shared drive. May I know is there a way to protect certain files from being deleted from the drive unintentionally ? Thanks Low- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Window 2000 : How to protect a file from being deleted ?
Unfortunately, you may Delete the folder containing the "read-only"
file, and Windows will happily flush the whole thing in a heartbeat. Pete_UK wrote: In Windows XP you can right-click on a file (or a group of files) in Explorer then select Properties and in the General Tab you can see Attributes at the bottom of the panel - check Read-only then click Apply then OK. Now when you try to delete a file you will get a warning message - "Are you sure you want to delete the Read-only file xyz...". Click Yes or No. I'm sure you would have a similar capability in Windows 2000, though I have never used it myself. It doesn't prevent you from deleting it, just a warning message ... Hope this helps. Pete On Aug 29, 11:52 pm, Mr. Low wrote: Hello Bob, Thanks for your info. Low -- A36B58K641 "Bob I" wrote: Make a backup copy of the files on removable media and store in a safe location. Mr. Low wrote: Dear Sir, My PC at the workplace is running on Window 2000 Professional OS. I have Excel and PDF files saved under my personal and shared drive. May I know is there a way to protect certain files from being deleted from the drive unintentionally ? Thanks Low- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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