Password Protected Folder?

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In the midst of the SP2 pain and agony I have a hopefully
simple question: Is it possible under WinXP Pro SP1 to
create a folder on a drive that is password protected? I
know you can create zipped folders, but I have been
unsuccessful in making them password protected. Short of
creating a ZIP file that is PW protected I can't see any
other way.

Thanks.
 
Bill said:
In the midst of the SP2 pain and agony I have a hopefully
simple question: Is it possible under WinXP Pro SP1 to
create a folder on a drive that is password protected? I
know you can create zipped folders, but I have been
unsuccessful in making them password protected. Short of
creating a ZIP file that is PW protected I can't see any
other way.

Thanks.
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Encryption is the only other way. See this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223316

Don't forget to backup you EFS certificate!

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That's kind of what I thought. Thanks for the reply.
Appreciate it. I think in the long run it will be easier
to PW protect a ZIP file as I might want to backup and
restore the files also.
 
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