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  1. Jul 17th, 2002, 05:23 PM #1
    nishantp
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    When you give them permission to write to a file, you're giving them permission to change the file in any way, which includes deleting it. Word has a feature that lets you just add to a file, not delete, but im not sure about excel.

    You could make backups of the files in that folder of something...
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  2. Jul 17th, 2002, 05:36 PM #2
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    After doing some digging i came up with this...you can fool around with the dialog in tools>Protection>Protect Sheet.



    As you can see, it lets you set exactly what the user can and cannot do. Hope this helps.
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  3. Jul 17th, 2002, 06:36 PM #3
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    thanks for your help nishantp but..

    i really dont mind if users delete what the cells have!!

    what i dont want them to do is to actually delete the entire file or the folder it self!!!!

    if they do any changes to it its ok ... but i dont want them to be able to delete them!!!!
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  4. Jul 17th, 2002, 06:52 PM #4
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    right-click the folder in question
    select properties
    click the security tab
    click Advanced
    select the person/usergroup
    click View/Edit

    you can now allow or deny for practically every action possible, including deleting the folder and deleting subfolders/files
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