> Hello,
>
> Windows XP SP2
> Simple Workgroup configuration, no domain controller
> Internet Explorer 6
>
> At work there is someone who sometimes accidentally move folders on the
> network drive to a different location with mouse drag and drop.
> I see that, when I check the backup log files for that drive. Sometimes the
> backup job must copy gigabytes just because one project folder was
> accidentally moved.
>
> I can not apply security rules to the folders, because this would be very
> much work to maintain. And some folders must stay moveable.
> Also this user(s) could accidentally drag/drop files and folders on the
> local drives as well, and maybe make important applications unuseable.
>
> I think the best way is to change drag and drop.
>
> So I found this:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win2000.registry/msg/01c40d24b94...
> and adding a confirmation prompt is exactly the cure for this ill.
>
> This works very good on the windows 2000 machines, but somehow the change
> does nothing on XP SP2 - drag and drop in windows file explorer is untouched
> by this change.
>
> Is there a way to apply a confirmation prompt on XP?
>
> Thanks!