COMPRESSED FOLDER QUESTION

[Guest]

I created a folder with several files in windows XP.
I then compressed and PASSWORD protected the files within th folder.
Now i cannot remember the password for the files.
How do I get passed the password protection program? any ideas?
Thanks

 

[Richard Urban]

What program did you use to create the compressed folder?

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[Guest]

the compression tool that came with WinXP

What program did you use to create the compressed folder?

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aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

What program was used to password protect the data?
Contact the source of the program for options.

 

[Guest]

the compression tool that came with WinXP.

What program was used to password protect the data?
Contact the source of the program for options.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I created a folder with several files in windows XP.
I then compressed and PASSWORD protected the files within th folder.
Now i cannot remember the password for the files.
How do I get passed the password protection program? any ideas?

What program did you use to create the compressed folder?

the compression tool that came with WinXP

Doubtful.

While an original install of Windows XP can COMPRESS folders in two ways I
can think of (NTFS compression and a version of the ZIP compression) - I do
not believe either way provides a method of passwording the resultant
folder/file. The first method is usually done through the disk cleanup
utility for a normal user.. they are unlikely to come across it in any other
way. The second can be done by right-clicking on a folder or multiple files
and selecting "Send To" -> "Compressed (zipped) Folder". If you did
anything other than that - yyouare not using a native Windows XP tool. It
does not matter if it came with your computer or not - it is not part of a
native Windows XP install and it would need to be identified to point you to
the proper help.

Simply repeat the steps you went through to compress/password this folder
with us - explain them one at a time. Perhaps we can point you in the
correct direction at least.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I created a folder with several files in windows XP.
I then compressed and PASSWORD protected the files within th folder.
Now i cannot remember the password for the files.
How do I get passed the password protection program? any ideas?

What program was used to password protect the data?
Contact the source of the program for options.

the compression tool that came with WinXP.

Repeating my answer in the thread..

Doubtful.

While an original install of Windows XP can COMPRESS folders in two ways I
can think of (NTFS compression and a version of the ZIP compression) - I do
not believe either way provides a method of passwording the resultant
folder/file. The first method is usually done through the disk cleanup
utility for a normal user.. they are unlikely to come across it in any other
way. The second can be done by right-clicking on a folder or multiple files
and selecting "Send To" -> "Compressed (zipped) Folder". If you did
anything other than that - yyouare not using a native Windows XP tool. It
does not matter if it came with your computer or not - it is not part of a
native Windows XP install and it would need to be identified to point you to
the proper help.

Simply repeat the steps you went through to compress/password this folder
with us - explain them one at a time. Perhaps we can point you in the
correct direction at least.

 

[Richard Urban]

You can NOT password protect the folder with what comes with Windows XP. Are
you sure you didn't encrypt the folder contents?

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

I did not ask what was used to compress.
I asked what was used to password protect the data?
Since that is not a Windows native ability, you use a 3rd party program and
their support has your answer.

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[David Candy]

You can password protect zip files in windows. Open a zip, File menu - Add Password

 

[Richard Urban]

By gosh, you can! (-:

Among others, I never knew that. I would have thought that the container
would have been password protected - not the internal files.

Thanks for the information!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
You can password protect zip files in windows. Open a zip, File menu - Add
Password

 

[David Candy]

You can always dir a zip file, just can't extracxt without a password. Same for Winzip and pkzip.

If it is a zip then there are password crackers but one needs to know some of the contents of the file, like a word in a doc or something.

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By gosh, you can! (-:

Among others, I never knew that. I would have thought that the container
would have been password protected - not the internal files.

Thanks for the information!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
You can password protect zip files in windows. Open a zip, File menu - Add
Password

 

[Shenan Stanley]

You can password protect zip files in windows. Open a zip, File menu
- Add Password

By gosh, you can! (-:

Among others, I never knew that. I would have thought that the
container would have been password protected - not the internal files.

Thanks for the information!

Hah - I never knew that either. Thanks David.

However, I am still unsure these are the steps the OP took..

 

[David Candy]

I have no idea. I wouldn't call a zip a folder.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

I can't add anything to what others have told you already except that when
password protecting anything on a computer, ensure that it is something that
you will remember or write it down and put it somewhere safe away from the
computer..

You, and others, may think that I am stating the obvious, but this instance
demonstrates quite clearly that it is not obvious at all to some..

I know that much is said about using arcane passwords, mixtures of upper
case, lower case and numbers, but if like me, you can't ever remember them,
do like I do and pick a place name from a country you may have visited or
something that a password cracker may not suspect.. the password lists that
I have come across are invariably full of English words, so a foreign
language word would not be so apparent..

Your IP address suggests that you are in or near Houston, Texas, or using an
ISP that is based in Texas.. so, if you were ever part of USAF and maybe
based in Germany, you may have watched football (soccer.. proper football..
lol..) and your favourite team might have been Munchen Gladbach.. that would
make a good password as nobody would associate a US computer with a German
soccer team.. this kind of thing has always worked for me..

And no, sorry Shenan, Richard, David, Jupiter, I am not providing a list off
all countries that I have visited.. suffice to say that I have been to
most of the 107 registered countries.. happy guessing..


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MVP - Windows Shell/User

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