RE: Preventing deletion of Forms folder in SharePoint Document Library

From: jmlyle (jmlyle_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/25/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:45:03 -0700

You sure seem to be correct. I just got this call from a user working on an
urgent project. Sure enough, someone has deleted the forms folder, and the
DocLib is close to useless.

I can create a new default view to see the docs, but it is quite difficult
to work with it. The internal folders are not handled well.

They have a LOT of stuff there, or else I would be satisfied with just
creating a new DocLib and moving the files down to a PC and then up to the
new DocLib.

As it is, I can not upoad docs or create new folders, etc. I have even
recreated the Forms folder via different methods (Front Page 2003, network
share to the DocLib), and populated it with the appropriate files from
another DocLib, but they don't 'register' or something. They do not show up
in the Select a View list, or enable the Upload feature, or even work when I
put the correct link into the address bar.

Any ideas? If I could AT LEAST get the Explorer View to work, it would be
easier to migrate the files to a new DocLib.

"Michael K" wrote:

> Is there a way to prevent people with add, update, delete rights from
> Deleting the Forms folder in the explorer view of a document library? If
> this forms folder is mistakingly deleted, is there a way to recover it so the
> Document Library can be used again? I'm concerned that if users are able to
> use drag and drop into their My Network Place, someone is going to delete
> that Forms folder and then the document library is useless. TIA,
>
> Michael

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