Password protect folders

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Is there anyway to put passwords on folders with only having one user name on
Windows XP Professional?
 
Atlanta said:
Is there anyway to put passwords on folders with only having one user
name on Windows XP Professional?
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Only if you zip them. When you do (right click a folder, then "send to >
compressed folder") and then open the zip file, you will find an option
under file>"add a password". Otherwise, use third-party software.
Google "password protect folders".

Malke
 
Atlanta said:
Is there anyway to put passwords on folders with only having one user name on
Windows XP Professional?
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Like WinNT and Win2K before it, WinXP's file security paradigm
doesn't rely on, or allow, the cumbersome method of password protection
for individual applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the
superior method of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to
individual users and/or groups.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

HOW TO Set the My Documents Folder as Private in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399

As a crude work-around, you can place the file in a compressed
folder, and set a password to uncompress the folder to view/access its
contents. Also, some applications allow the user to password-protect
their specific data files. Read the specific application's Help files
for further information on this capability. There are also 3rd-party
applications that purport to provide file/folder level password
protection; check Google.


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