Securing Folder

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Syed Zeeshan Haider

Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2.

In my family, we all use same computer. And thanks to WinXP, we all can have
separate accounts as if we have separate computers. I am the only
administrator and my account is protected by a password. No one can open any
files from my My Documents folder. I have a few folders in other partitions
which I would like to secure like My Documents folder. I cannot move those
folders to My Documents as they are too huge will pack this partition of the
hard drive. Is there any way to secure these folders like the way My
Documents folder is secured?

Thank you,
 
Syed said:
Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2.

In my family, we all use same computer. And thanks to WinXP, we all can
have separate accounts as if we have separate computers. I am the only
administrator and my account is protected by a password. No one can open
any files from my My Documents folder. I have a few folders in other
partitions which I would like to secure like My Documents folder. I
cannot move those folders to My Documents as they are too huge will pack
this partition of the hard drive. Is there any way to secure these
folders like the way My Documents folder is secured?
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You don't say if you have XP Home or Pro. If you Home, you will need to do
the following in Safe Mode.

Right click on the folder and select Properties. Go to the Security tab.
Remove Users from the list of group or user names that have access to the
folder. Leaving Adminstrators will give you access as you said you are an
administrator. You could also specifically add your ID and give it full
control. Leave the SYSTEM access as is.
 
Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2.

In my family, we all use same computer. And thanks to WinXP, we all can
have separate accounts as if we have separate computers. I am the only
administrator and my account is protected by a password. No one can open
any files from my My Documents folder. I have a few folders in other
partitions which I would like to secure like My Documents folder. I cannot
move those folders to My Documents as they are too huge will pack this
partition of the hard drive. Is there any way to secure these folders like
the way My Documents folder is secured?
Click to expand...

Set folder permissions. In help and support search on permissions.

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