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Looking for a way, as admin to a shared folder which contains sub-folders, to keep other team members from accidentally moving those sub-folders. Part of it is education: novices do not grasp that by moving a folder to their desktop (for whatever reason) they are moving it out of DB and visibility to the rest of the team. This has occurred a few times, and as the team grows, it would be better if admin could lock a folder's POSITION. Probably would be a benefit to keep the folders from being renamed, but that is less likely to happen. Users should still be able to freely work with and move files as needed within the locked-position folders. Maybe there is a way to do this that I'm not aware of. Third party folder manager (those I reviewed are focused on encrypting, password protecting and/or hiding folders)? Any advice would be appreciated.
My org really really needs this feature
Hello All,
"Needs more Votes" - cannot understand why a perfectly good suggestion which every one in the blog agrees that, IT IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT accidental position change or delete change, needs more votes to be accepted. If the option is available those needing it, or agreeing with it, USE IT. Those who do not need it - JUST DON'T USE IT. Please stop postponing a good suggestion because things will only get worse and realise only when it is too late.
This problem of not being able to lock a folder position is a huge disadvantage of Dropbox within a large organization. In most other aspects, we have really enjoyed our experience with Dropbox, but I can't count how many times a folder has been accidently moved. It takes the IT teams hours to figure out the issue - not to mention you must re-sync folder (which takes even more time).
Dropbox Team - Stop dragging your feet on this feature. It is a major flaw / bug in your system and you need to address it. Please give us an action plan and timeline on when this can be addressed. Paid users on business accounts should not have to feel like this is something that will never change. Please don't just ignore it or tell me that you will "give it as feedback" to your dev team - you might as well say, "I don't care."
I love the idea of Dropbox! Most the time, it works like a gem. However, this is might be a deal breaker at some point.. We pay a LOT to use it and need to ensure the efficiency of our folder, file and data structure.
This needs to happen!!! We just had a HUGE (and old) folder accidentally moved in our business, and we couldn't even find it for HOURS while the move was occurring. It has a ton of day-to-day critical information in it, and the accidental move caused a huge disruption in our business.
How this isn't a standard feature is beyond me.
it's almost 2022. this issue was requested in 2015. when i had 2 employees the issue of any of them moving a folder accidentally was low, but now have 5 employees, much higher. yet dropbox has no way to prevent this? whenever anyone mentions it the bots respond about file permissions which is different than what this request is seeking.
Disappointed this isn't a simple feature that can be turned on to prevent moving folders
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Status changed:Gathering SupporttoNot for right now Boo!
BIG THUMBSDOWN!!!
This is still a major issue and it’s causing our company to consider Box.com
Do yourself a favor and just go to O365 SharePoint/OneDrive. For $5/month you get your email hosted, 1 TB cloud storage per user and 1 TB company-wide storage accessable storage. You can add your personal and company cloud drives to your Explorer window. It is a way better solution than Dropbox, Google or any other product I have seen.
