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Dwayne05
Sep 17, 2019Copper Contributor
Original File Location
Hi Everyone, I have a user within the organisation that has moved a file from a folder to a newly created folder. They seem to have lost track of where they had originally transferred the fil...
Leon Laude
Sep 19, 2019Iron Contributor
Hello HidMov,
Auditing is one option, but you'll need to have Active Directory audit logging enabled
(https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2017/03/29/step-by-step-enabling-advanced-security-audit-policy-via-ds-access/)
Other methods are:
- Shadow Copies (Previous Versions), but this also needs to be configured and enabled.
- Backups, browse older backups and search for the moved folder and you should see where it was originally located.
Best regards,
Leon
Dwayne05
Sep 20, 2019Copper Contributor
Thanks for your response.
So would this give me some sort of a log of all objects modified and display it in event viewer?
Thanks
So would this give me some sort of a log of all objects modified and display it in event viewer?
Thanks