Password Protect XP Folder?

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Anyone know of a utility that will password protect a folder in XP?
I'm not going to use the encryption stuff that's built into XP, nor do
I need encryption at all. I just need to lock a folder from access
unless the correct password is entered. I've found a few utilities,
but they're all $$$.
 
J44xm said:
["Gert van der Kooij"; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:15:42 GMT]
You can download a freeware version of FolderAccess from
http://www.lockfolder.net/
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This is exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks, Gert!!! Much
appreciated.
How are the free and shareware versions different? Any experiences
with this free version?
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Having just started using the program, I don't know anything about the
pro version. The freeware version is pretty straight forward. Open
the main program and you can select folders to lock from a dialog or
by dragging them into the window from Explorer. It also uses Explorer
shell extentions so you can right click on a folder and select "Lock",
enter a pass and it's done. Same deal to unlock. That's about it,
but that's about, no, *exactly* what I needed. I'm kind of curious
what other features the pro version offers, too.
 
Anyone know of a utility that will password protect a folder in XP?
I'm not going to use the encryption stuff that's built into XP, nor do
I need encryption at all. I just need to lock a folder from access
unless the correct password is entered. I've found a few utilities,
but they're all $$$.
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Why not use whats built into the OS already? Or create a Zip file and
password that.
 
Conor said:
Why not use whats built into the OS already? Or create a Zip file
and password that.
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Because, once I login, the folders are decrypted without notice and I
don't want to bother with zipping. FolderAccess did the trick just
fine.
 
Because, once I login, the folders are decrypted without notice and I
don't want to bother with zipping. FolderAccess did the trick just
fine.
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THats madness. You don't want to bother with the trouble of zipping yet
its less hassle than downloading,trying several programs, uninstalling
the ones that are no good?
 
Conor said:
THats madness. You don't want to bother with the trouble of
zipping yet its less hassle than downloading,trying several
programs, uninstalling the ones that are no good?
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Hello?

To get it setup, the trouble is worth it. The hastle on a daily
basis, is not.
 
Anyone know of a utility that will password protect a folder in XP?
I'm not going to use the encryption stuff that's built into XP, nor do
I need encryption at all. I just need to lock a folder from access
unless the correct password is entered. I've found a few utilities,
but they're all $$$.
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You can download a freeware version of FolderAccess from
http://www.lockfolder.net/
 
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