Files Mysteriously Moved!

At our organization, we have folders that get moved from time to time,
we gather by accident, but there really is no way to tell. All we
know is that someone says, "Hey! Folder X is missing!" and we'll do a
search, and find it usually moved to a folder deeper in the tree.

I would like to pin it on someone - We have one particularly dense
user that everyone seems to blame for this. Today though, the folder
was moved to a hidden folder which this person doesn't have access
to- That is, they don't have hidden folders displayed on their
workstation, so I find it highly unlikely that they accidentlly
dragged the folder there. It's easy to blame this person and make
them the scapegoat, but

Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there some software we can
run on the server that will track folder movement? Has anyone else
had this problem? Help!

Thanks.

-Moved in Tampa (BrianDP)

Hello BrianDP,

Enable folder auditing(from another posting):

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Enabling file auditing is a 2-step process.

[1] Configure "audit object access" in AD Group Policy or on the server's
local GPO. This setting is located under Computer Configuration-->Windows
Settings-->Security Settings-->Local Policies-->Audit Policies. Enable success/failure
auditing for "Audit object access."

[2] Configure an audit entry on the specific folder(s) that you wish to audit.
Right-click on the folder-->Properties-->Advanced. From the Auditing tab,
click Add, then enter the users/groups whom you wish to audit and what actions
you wish to audit - auditing Full Control will create an audit entry every
time anyone opens/changes/closes/deletes a file, or you can just audit for
Delete operations.

After you've done both of these steps, any file deletions will show up in
the Security log of the file server that hosts those files.

HTH
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Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> At our organization, we have folders that get moved from time to time,
> we gather by accident, but there really is no way to tell. All we
> know is that someone says, "Hey! Folder X is missing!" and we'll do a
> search, and find it usually moved to a folder deeper in the tree.
>
> I would like to pin it on someone - We have one particularly dense
> user that everyone seems to blame for this. Today though, the folder
> was moved to a hidden folder which this person doesn't have access to-
> That is, they don't have hidden folders displayed on their
> workstation, so I find it highly unlikely that they accidentlly
> dragged the folder there. It's easy to blame this person and make
> them the scapegoat, but
>
> Does anyone have a solution for this? Is there some software we can
> run on the server that will track folder movement? Has anyone else
> had this problem? Help!
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Moved in Tampa (BrianDP)
>