Confirmation before moving/copying files

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Is there a way using grp policy/registry/gui etc to have an 'Are you Sure' question come up before files are copied or moved from one location to another?
 
I've seen posting talking about this and using right click before hand then you get option to Copy Here/Move Here, but I am more concerned with this happening accidently when people drag by mistake which this wouldnt cover, any ideas anyone?
 
Seeing as how I perform all of my copying and moving operations from within
a 3rd party program, I do not have this problem. It will "always" ask for
confirmation, if you have it configured to do so.

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Richard Urban

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Dave said:
Folks

Is there a way using grp policy/registry/gui etc to have an 'Are you Sure'
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question come up before files are copied or moved from one location to
another?
 
Dave said:
Is there a way using grp policy/registry/gui etc to have an 'Are you Sure'
question come up before files are copied or moved from one location to
another?
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For folders, and for files that don't need to be modified, setting the
read-only attribute is an easy solution. For files that need to be
modified, maybe this solution posted by "Mike" in the
microsoft.public.win2000.registry group would work for you.

Google Groups Link to Original Message:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

----- Begin Original Message -----

From: "Mike"
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.registry
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 12:46 PM
Subject: Accidental Move with Drag and Drop

I finaly found it. We had the same problem here with users draging folders
by mistake. You can set the drag and drop or copy and paste files
confirmation prompt

Localy:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0]
"1802"=dword:00000001

AND on the intranet:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\1]
"1802"=dword:00000001

----- End Original Message -----

For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB182569 which
describes how you can use Internet Explorer Security Zone Settings (managed
in the registry) to cause a "Do you want to move or copy files from this
zone?" prompt to appear for all drag/drop/copy/paste/move actions on all
files and folders for a particular Zone [or Zones with include: My Computer,
Local Intranet Zone, Trusted sites Zone, Internet Zone, Restricted Sites
Zone].

KB182569 - Description of Internet Explorer Security Zones Registry Entries
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;182569

Internet Explorer Security Zones by Scott Schnoll
http://www.nwnetworks.com/iezones.htm

Using Internet Explorer > How-to Articles: Setting Up Security Zones
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/security/setup.asp
 
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