>I'm wondering is there any way to secure files so that a user, using Windows Explorer cannot delete, or overwrite files.
>I have security built into the application which protects the application data . But even with this security, there is nothing to stop a user, who uses the application, coming along with Windows Explorers and deleting a Stock File or overwriting the Customer file with another file of the same name.
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>Anybody got any ideas on how to protect such files ?
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>Regards,
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>Gerard

The only way you can do this is to isolate the data and not give the user direct access to it. You can put the data on a server, then only allow the users access through a COM server.