How do you set a folder password?

[Spike9458]

Windows XP Home edition - SP2, is it possible to set password protection on
a particular folder? If so, how?

Thanks,

--Jim

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Windows XP Home edition - SP2, is it possible to set password
protection on a particular folder? If so, how?

Yes and no.
You can compress it and set a password. But that is not really what you are
intending, I think.

However, you can set NTFS file and folder permissions if you are using NTFS
(Google.)

 

[neha.bagoria]

I'm using WinXp Prof with NTFS partition....can u tell how to set the
password for particular folder...thnx

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Windows XP Home edition - SP2, is it possible to set password
protection on a particular folder? If so, how?

Yes and no.
You can compress it and set a password. But that is not really
what you are intending, I think.

However, you can set NTFS file and folder permissions if you are
using NTFS (Google.)

I'm using WinXp Prof with NTFS partition....can u tell how to set
the password for particular folder...thnx

Please re-read the response to the OP.

You can "compress and set a password", but that simply makes a compressed
file copy of the folder and Windows XP's built in compression utilities
treat that like another folder for the most part. The original data remains
unless erased. You basically made a folder into a file with a password that
Windows XP *shows* as a folder.

However - I doubt that is what the OP *or* you wants. You want to keep it a
regular folder and such for easy manipulation. I know I would. So what you
do is change the permissions on said files/folders so that ony YOUR USER can
access it.

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

 

[Spike9458]

Okay, thanks, I was mistaken though, it is Windows XP Pro.

Here is a twist. When I went in to look at it, I learned that the folder a
sub of a shared folder. Can you still password protect that folder?

Thanks,

--Jim

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Windows XP Home edition - SP2, is it possible to set password
protection on a particular folder? If so, how?

Yes and no.
You can compress it and set a password. But that is not really
what you are intending, I think.

However, you can set NTFS file and folder permissions if you are
using NTFS (Google.)

I'm using WinXp Prof with NTFS partition....can u tell how to set
the password for particular folder...thnx

Please re-read the response to the OP.

You can "compress and set a password", but that simply makes a
compressed file copy of the folder and Windows XP's built in
compression utilities treat that like another folder for the most
part. The original data remains unless erased. You basically
made a folder into a file with a password that Windows XP *shows*
as a folder.
However - I doubt that is what the OP *or* you wants. You want to
keep it a regular folder and such for easy manipulation. I know I
would. So what you do is change the permissions on said
files/folders so that ony YOUR USER can access it.

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

Okay, thanks, I was mistaken though, it is Windows XP Pro.

Here is a twist. When I went in to look at it, I learned that the
folder a sub of a shared folder. Can you still password protect
that folder?

Yes. The File and Folder permissions will still determine the outcome.