# Lock button

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/lock-button/5329>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/lock-button/5329 "2008-01-15T01:19:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![HansL](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@HansL](https://resource.dopus.com/u/HansL)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/lock-button/5329/1 "2008-01-15T01:19:10Z")

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I am not sure of this:

Does the lock button, when locked, prevent format changes of all files/folders, regardless from where the changes is attempted (thus being a guard against unintended changes)?

Regards,

Hans L

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/lock-button/5329/2 "2008-01-15T05:38:46Z")

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The lock buttons prevents changes from being applied automatically as a result of changing directories.

If you manually go to Folder Options and start messing around, or add/remove/resize columns or change the sort order then Opus isn't going to stop you.

(Couldn't you just have tested this out instead of asking?)

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**Author:** ![HansL](https://resource.dopus.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@HansL](https://resource.dopus.com/u/HansL)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/lock-button/5329/3 "2008-01-15T16:51:21Z")

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Thanks, Nudel. And, no, I was overwhelmed by all these issues yesterday. Today, I probably could have done some testing, or late last night, when I was at the computer because I could not sleep (very unusual for me 🙂

Regards,

Hans L