Protecting an Excel from deletion? 1

[dbant2003]

Is there a way that an excel file can be protected from being deleted. I know that there is ways to protect the data in a sheet or workbook but would also like to have the file protected from a user deleteing the file. I am using Excel 2003 with Service Pack 2. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

First thing that comes to mind is to make the file Read-Only.

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[dbant2003]

I already have the file set as read-only. The user can still delete the enoire file and this is what we want to stop the ability to do so.

 

[xlhelp]

The only thing you can do is set up security on the folder which contains the file. Right click folder, choose Sharing and security, security tab

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[dbant2003]

Thank you xlhelp that is exactly what I want.