ltd user can't see ANY files but theirs?

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Tom Seeley

I want to set up a limited acct for my teenage daughter as
well as an admin acct for myself. In general I know how to
do that, incl requiring password for me. But once I do
that, I also want to ensure that my daughter cannot even
SEE a list of ANY of the files I have installed on my part
of the hard drive. I know that I can make it so she can't
view them, use them, delete them, yada yada yada. What
I'm saying is this: I don't want her to even be able to
use Explorer, for example, or any other means available to
her, to EVEN DISPLAY A DIRECTORY TREE LISTING OF THE FILE
NAMES I HAVE ON MY PART OF THE HARD DRIVE! Is this
possible? If so, how? Does simply making files or
folders private do that? Not to beat a dead horse, but
let's say, just for the sake of argument, that I download
and save a file called (&(&()&()*&%$^.jpg with an
embarrassing filename I don't want her to read, for
whatever reason. How can I save that file to some part of
the hard drive where she not only cannot LOOK at the file,
but also cannot even KNOW it's there?!
 
If you keep them in the My Documents folder in your user name, she will not
be able to see the files listed in Explorer. You can test this by accessing
her account, then trying to access the My Documents folder listed under your
account name. There are other locations for My Documents listed in
Explorer, those are simply shortcuts and your daughter should not even be
able to access those designated for your user account either though she
might see a reference such as My Documents or your user name and Documents
but she shouldn't be able to see the files within.
 
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