How so I set up an entire folder to be password protected?

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I would like to set up a folder to be password protected so I dont have to
keep doing every individual document. Is this possible? I am using Windows XP
 
This is a Windows function, not Word.

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k_man10 said:
I would like to set up a folder to be password protected so I dont have to
keep doing every individual document. Is this possible? I am using Windows
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XP
 
Assuming you mean you want to password protect each document in a folder,
you need a macro e.g.

Public Sub PasswordAll()

Dim FirstLoop As Boolean
Dim myFile, Password, PathToUse As String
Dim myDoc As Document
Dim Response As Long

'**********************************
'enter path to the folder below
PathToUse = "D:\My Documents\Test\Merge\"
'***********************************
sPassword = InputBox("Enter Password")

On Error Resume Next
Documents.Close Savechanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges
FirstLoop = True
myFile = Dir$(PathToUse & "*.doc")
While myFile <> ""
Set myDoc = Documents.Open(PathToUse & myFile)
If FirstLoop Then
With ActiveDocument
.Password = sPassword
.WritePassword = sPassword
End With
FirstLoop = False

Response = MsgBox("Do you want to process " & _
"the rest of the files in this folder", vbYesNo)
If Response = vbNo Then Exit Sub
Else
With ActiveDocument
.Password = sPassword
.WritePassword = sPassword
End With
End If
myDoc.Close Savechanges:=wdSaveChanges
myFile = Dir$()
Wend
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Graham,

Is there a way to password protect the folder, with the files contained
within it NOT being password protected?

Patrick
 
Not from Word. The NTFS filing system allows you to restrict user access to
folders and there are third party tools for earlier filing systems.

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Thanks Graham,

Patrick

Graham Mayor said:
Not from Word. The NTFS filing system allows you to restrict user access to
folders and there are third party tools for earlier filing systems.

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