Answer by Johan Buret for Is there a way to prevent a file from being deleted?
If you want a full logical protection, since Deny takes precedence on Allow, File Properties>Security tab >Advanced Security Setting , Deny to Everybody the delete right on this file. Again, a...
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Under NTFS you can alter the access rights for users and groups either at a folder level or at a file level.Right click on a file or folder and go to the security tab. You can then remove users rights...
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"accumulated information that will take forever to recreate" - the time to prepare a backup / restore procedure is right now. Don't wait until the file is somehow deleted or overwritten, or the disk...
View ArticleAnswer by Tomalak for Is there a way to prevent a file from being deleted?
Just remove modify permissions from anyone but the user account that creates the file. This kind of thing is exactly what NTFS rights are for.
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I have a file on NTFS that holds accumulated information that will take forever to recreate. I marked it as 'archive' and 'system', so that it would not be obvious to notice or mishandle, but what I...
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