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How can a shared windows directory be protected against, for example, accidental click-drag, while allowing users to modify and organize it's contents?

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I can't think of a combination of permissions that would allow you to modify, rename and move items between sub-folders but stop you being able to click-drag. The latter is just a different interface onto the basic copy, move and delete operations.

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If you set the directory's read-only attribute, when it is dragged to a new location then it will prompt the user to confirm the move. This won't stop the users from doing it but it will at least warn them.

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But this wont allow you to Modify... – user23907 Jan 14 '10 at 21:46
Marking the directory read-only in attributes (not permissions) does not prevent you from creating and modifying files inside it. – Graham Powell Jan 15 '10 at 15:45
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