To prevent myself from accidentally deleting important files, I have given some special permissions for my username to certain folders on my HDD (in fact, those directories are on a server, but let's not make things too complicated).
I have set these permissions using the normal UI that Windows 7 Pro x64 provides for that purpose. The permissions I have set are:
This works in principle. I can copy files and subfolders into that folders and can't delete them afterwards. But in fact, this is not usable due to the following oddities:
1. I can't rename files or folders. When I try, I get an "access denied" message.
This is very surprising to me because (as you can see in the screenshot) I only have denied the "Full control", the "Delete subfolders and files", the "Delete" and the "Take ownership" permissions. So I am asking myself what renaming has to do with deleting.
Is this due to a brain-dead implementation of Windows Explorer, or is it basically an API problem?
2. I can't move files or folders. When I try, I get an "access denied" message.
This is more understandable to me. After all, when moving a file, it won't be at the same place at the end of the process, so one could argue that this is a deletion. Nevertheless, I'd like to know a way around that.
3. I can't create new files or folders directly.
Well, I actually can, but this is useless. For example, when I create a new folder, it is named "New Folder", and when I try to change its name to the name I need it to be, problem 1) kicks in.
Hence my question:
Does anybody know a configuration or trick which allows me (most important first)
to prevent myself from deleting files or folder, but nevertheless
to rename files and folders
to move files and folders?
No comments:
Post a Comment