How do I Prevent Folder Moving

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

PoldenKaz wrote:

> 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.

"PoldenKaz" wrote in 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.
>

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.

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

Big_Al wrote:

> 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

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

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.


"Big_Al" wrote in message

> 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

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!!

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> "Big_Al" wrote in message
>
> > 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
>
>
>

=?Utf-8?B?UG9sZGVuS2F6?= wrote
in

> 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

PoldenKaz wrote:
> 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.

--
Joe =o)

> 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" wrote in
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.

"PoldenKaz" wrote:
> > 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.

"Frank-FL" wrote:
> 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.

"_Z" wrote in message

> "PoldenKaz" wrote:
>> > 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.
>
> "Frank-FL" wrote:
>> 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.

"PoldenKaz" wrote:
>>>> 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.

"Frank-FL" wrote:
>>> R/click - task bar - properties - start menu - advanced -
>>> remove the check mark from [ ] Enable dragging and dropping.

"_Z" wrote:
>> Frank-FL,
>> That setting applies only to the Start Menu.

"Frank-FL" wrote:
> 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.