How do I Prevent Folder Moving

[PoldenKaz]

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up whereby the
children can access their folders to save and open their own work but
unfortunately because the ages of the children range from 5 - 11 they
sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are clicking on it to open
it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the mouse still when
clicking - in fact some of the adults in our establishment also do the same
thing) and I was wondering if and how I could prevent this from happening.

 

[Mick Murphy]

It is not so much that the mouse is moving; but that they are holding down
the mouse button, instead of quickly clicking it, and releasing it..

 

[John John (MVP)]

To move folders you need the "Create" permission in the target folder,
use your NTFS permissions and set them accordingly, you can use
"Advanced NTFS Permissions" to specifically deny folder creation. I
don't know where the students are copying the folder to (a move is a
Copy & Delete operation) but this may just simply be a case of NTFS
permissions being a bit too lose.

John

 

[PerkyPat]

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up whereby the
children can access their folders to save and open their own work but
unfortunately because the ages of the children range from 5 - 11 they
sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are clicking on it to
open
it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the mouse still when
clicking - in fact some of the adults in our establishment also do the
same
thing) and I was wondering if and how I could prevent this from happening.

I tried Googling "disable drag and drop in explorer" for this question.

There is a discussion about this problem here -
<http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/lofiversion/index.php/t6650.html>

It would seem that there is no simple solution, but they do offer a fix
(more of a kludge really) at the bottom of the page.

Hope this helps, a bit.
B.

 

[Big_Al]

PoldenKaz said this on 1/6/2009 3:28 AM:

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up whereby the
children can access their folders to save and open their own work but
unfortunately because the ages of the children range from 5 - 11 they
sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are clicking on it to open
it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the mouse still when
clicking - in fact some of the adults in our establishment also do the same
thing) and I was wondering if and how I could prevent this from happening.

It isn't isolated to 5-11 year olds. Adults in my office can't do it
either. LOL

 

[R. McCarty]

That issue is one common usability problem where Tweak-UI
is handy. I usually increase the mouse "Drag" sensitivity to a higher
value to help avoid that issue. Frequently customers ask me to help
locate misplaced folders from a "Drag-&-Drop" operation. Music
content gets into Pictures or vice-versa.

 

[Bob I]

PoldenKaz said this on 1/6/2009 3:28 AM:



It isn't isolated to 5-11 year olds. Adults in my office can't do it
either. LOL

And watch the panic when they discover "somebody DELETED my folder!"

 

[John Wunderlich]

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up
whereby the children can access their folders to save and open
their own work but unfortunately because the ages of the children
range from 5 - 11 they sometimes accidentally move their folder
when they are clicking on it to open it ( they haven't all gained
the skill of keeping the mouse still when clicking - in fact some
of the adults in our establishment also do the same thing) and I
was wondering if and how I could prevent this from happening.

Perhaps Microsoft's free program "Steady State" could help out here?

<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx>

-- John

 

[Elmo]

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up whereby the
children can access their folders to save and open their own work but
unfortunately because the ages of the children range from 5 - 11 they
sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are clicking on it to open
it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the mouse still when
clicking - in fact some of the adults in our establishment also do the same
thing) and I was wondering if and how I could prevent this from happening.

Here are a few ideas:

1. After a click to highlight a file or folder, the Enter key will open
the item. That's a bit of a nuisance, but once you're in the habit,
it's quite effective.

2. Set items to open with a single-click.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/singleclick.mspx

3. Ctrl/Z will undo a move or copy. That can restore a "lost" folder..
save the day in many cases. It reverses the last operation within a
window, so one could go back to the Desktop, or an Explore window, see
their error and still correct it.

 

[Twayne]

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up whereby

the children can access their folders to save and open their own work
but unfortunately because the ages of the children range from 5 - 11
they sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are clicking
on it to open it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the
mouse still when clicking - in fact some of the adults in our
establishment also do the same thing) and I was wondering if and how
I could prevent this from happening.

There are a lot of desktop icon position savers onine. Perhaps one of
those, scheduled to run once an hour, day, whatever, or even with an
icon to use it anytime, might help. Set it up, Save the desktop setup,
then only allow access to, or schedule, the Desktop Restore feature.
Not positive, but I think this is the one I'm using:
http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm

There are many others available; SourceForge.com has one too.

HTH

Twayne

 

[PoldenKaz]

Many thanks for reply I will give this a try and see what happens. Otherwise
I'll just have to keep plugging the 'click then press enter' option which we
try to use already but there are just those children who think they know it
all and don't listen!!

 

[Frank-FL]

message

I am using windows XP in a school. We have a network set up
whereby the
children can access their folders to save and open their
own work but
unfortunately because the ages of the children range from
5 - 11 they
sometimes accidentally move their folder when they are
clicking on it to open
it ( they haven't all gained the skill of keeping the
mouse still when
clicking - in fact some of the adults in our establishment
also do the same
thing) and I was wondering if and how I could prevent this
from happening.

R/click - task bar - properties - start menu - advanced -
remove the check mark from [ ] Enable dragging and dropping.

 

[_Z]

R/click - task bar - properties - start menu - advanced -
remove the check mark from [ ] Enable dragging and dropping.

Frank-FL,
That setting applies only to the Start Menu.

 

[Frank-FL]

R/click - task bar - properties - start menu - advanced -
remove the check mark from [ ] Enable dragging and
dropping.

Frank-FL,
That setting applies only to the Start Menu.

You are correct. I don't drag and drop anything and I
highly discourage this practice. I should not have replied
with an incorrect reply.

 

[_Z]

R/click - task bar - properties - start menu - advanced -
remove the check mark from [ ] Enable dragging and dropping.

Frank-FL,
That setting applies only to the Start Menu.

You are correct.
I don't drag and drop anything and I highly discourage this practice.

Me too! 'Drag and Drop' is an accident waiting to happen.
I wish it could be disabled globally.

I should not have replied with an incorrect reply.

No problem. Many people do just that, even about this very setting.