unlocking a folder

[me]

I had to reinstall my OS but I saved my docs folder but
am unable to open because of it being pasword protected.
I know the password but have no way of accessing a login
for the folder. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I had to reinstall my OS but I saved my docs folder but
am unable to open because of it being pasword protected.
I know the password but have no way of accessing a login
for the folder. Any help would be appreciated.

We do not password protect folders in Windows XP.
Your folders are either protected with access control lists (permissions)
which you can change (after you take ownership of them) - just look in the
Help and Support for Permissions.
You may also have protected them by using encryption, in which case if you
did not export the relevant encryption keys prior to the reinstall then
those files or folders will not be available to you.

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Regards,

Mike
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