password protection

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Tree*Rat said:
Can you password protect a single folder in vista? if so how?
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First, I'm not an expert here but you could WinZip that folder (or the
contents of that folder) and give it a password (from WinZip). That might
not be as elegant as you would want but it would do the trick.
 
Hi,

Natively? No, Vista uses permission sets to determine access to a
file/folder. Passwording is inherently inferior. There are third party
applications, most commonly associated with zipping the file, that will do
this.

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No, you cannot, but you can use EFS (Encrypting Files System).
File/Folder Properties, Advanced, Encrypt Contents...

But, before you start using EFS, you should learn how it works.
You MUST save your EFS certificate, or you risk loosing your encrypted data.
 
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