Setting Password and Compressing Folder

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I have been to the Microsoft FAQ on passwording a folder. I have also seen an
article that states the following: To compress a folder, right-click the
desktop or inside any folder, and choose New, Compressed (zipped) Folder This
adds a new folder in that location with the default name 'New Compressed
Folder'. Type a name for the folder and press Enter. Double-click the folder
to open it.. But when I try to do this I find that there is no choice called
New, Compressed Folder, only a New, Folder. If I create a folder and then
place a file in it I can right-click on the file and then press the Send to
and get a choic called Compressed(zipped) Folder. If I press this the
computer then asks me if I want to designate the Compressed (zipped) folders
as the application for handling ZIP files. I have no idea what this means
but by pressing NO then I am back where I was. And if I press YES it zips the
file. And nowhere is there a place to put a password. What is wrong here.
 
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Elfego Baca said:
I have been to the Microsoft FAQ on passwording a folder. I have also seen an
article that states the following: To compress a folder, right-click the
desktop or inside any folder, and choose New, Compressed (zipped) Folder This
adds a new folder in that location with the default name 'New Compressed
Folder'. Type a name for the folder and press Enter. Double-click the folder
to open it.. But when I try to do this I find that there is no choice called
New, Compressed Folder, only a New, Folder. If I create a folder and then
place a file in it I can right-click on the file and then press the Send to
and get a choic called Compressed(zipped) Folder. If I press this the
computer then asks me if I want to designate the Compressed (zipped) folders
as the application for handling ZIP files. I have no idea what this means
but by pressing NO then I am back where I was. And if I press YES it zips the
file. And nowhere is there a place to put a password. What is wrong here.
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If you have Windows XP Pro, you can compress and "password protect"
(encrypt) a file or folder by encrypting the file or folder. To do so, open
the properties for the file or folder (right-click and choose properties or
select and press ALT+Enter). On the general tab, press the Advanced button
and set the Compress and Encrypt attributes as desired. If you are performing
the operation on a folder, you can select to apply the settings to subfolders
and files or to the folder for which you are viewing properties (you will be
prompted when you apply the settings).
When you encrypt files/folders, they are "password protected" by your user
account. Only the user you are logged on as when you encrypt files/folders
can access those files/folders.
If you have XP home, you can compress files and folders using the same
method discussed above, but EFS encryption is not available. You can use a
3rd-party tool like the freeware WinPT (GnuPG with a graphical interface).
It's not the most user-friendly product out there, but it's good and it's
free.

Hope that helps,

Ron
 

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