remove ability to delete doc

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HenryH

Using Word 2000 on a Windows 2000 server, win98
workstation LAN We store all our DOCs on the server and I
want to remove the ability of the users (some and/or all)
to be able to delete (some or all) DOCs.

KB 277867 says "The minimum permission setting needed...is
modify"

So how do I do it please?
 
Remove Delete permission for the folder. This is a network administration
issue, not something you can deal with through Word.
 
You will see in KB 277867 that WORD requires 'modify'
permissions and that 'modify' implies 'delete'. This is
NOT a solution and i9n fact precludes creating WORD DOCs.

I understand that it is something that it has network
administrative implications but I was hoping for a WORD
based solution.

Henry H
 
There are two issues here. Within Word itself, 'modify' means making changes
to an existing document. Within Windows, 'modify' means changing the
contents of a folder -- ie, add, change or delete files.

Word itself has no function at all for deleting documents, and thus no
mechanism for controlling deletions or deletion permission. If you display a
file dialog in Word (open, save, etc) you can right-click a file and select
delete from the popup; but this is using a Windows Explorer function over
which Word has no control.
 
Assuming you have Full Control permission for a folder: Right click file in
Windows Explorer, click Properties, then the Security tab. If "Allow
inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object" is checked,
uncheck it. MAKE SURE you click Copy, NOT Remove, when the security
confirmation dialog appears, if you don't want to lose the existing
permission set for the folder. Click Advanced. On the Permissions tab.
Click the name of the user or usergroup for which you want to change
permissions, then click View/Edit. In the Permission Entry dialog that
appears, you can remove Delete access without affecting the other kinds of
Modify access. Click OK. In the Access Control Settings dialog, check
either of the two checkboxes that are applicable for what you want to do.
Click OK. In the Properties dialog, click OK.

Regards,
Chad
 
Yes. This is what I want BUT:
I would like to apply this to folders and if I do, word
will then not be able to save into these folders. I want
to be pro-active with removing delete privileges, not
simply applying this fix after the files have been created.

Do you have any ideas as to whether this is possible and how?

Thanks...
 
Excuse me. I posted "Right click file", I meant "right click folder". It
then applies to all the contents of the folder, both now and in the future
when new items are created or copied there. It can also be propagated to
subfolders.

Regards,
Chad
 
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