... going with this option. I created a ADM file for GP that will make all hidden files/folders viewable. Now there shouldn't be any point in hiding files since everyone will be able to see them anyways. Good idea.
JR Original Message: ----------------- From: Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:24:07 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: preventing users from hiding files How about turning on the permission that says "show hidden files" for everyone?.. That way its pointless to do so. On 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an easy way (group policy perhaps?) to prevent people from hiding > files? I beleive it can be done from NTFS permissions and setting a folder > so that the Write Attributes permission is denied, but this seems a bit > time consuming to setup on every single folder I want this done for... > > We have 1500+ user accounts that have home directories we do NOT want them > to be able to hide anything in those home directories. There's also some > network shares we don't want these users to be able to hide files/folders > inside them as well. I'm hoping or a GPO alternative to settings the NTFS > perms all all these folders/drives/files, etc. > > I'm going to see if maybe disabling the context windows (the menu that > appears from right clicking on a file or folder) does the trick -- the > users do not have access to CMD.exe so they cannot use the .exe command on > a file/folder. > > Thanks. > JR > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~