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Ive been looking for awhile for a way to password protect certain folders in
my computer. Ive seen it done with excel files but does anyone know how i
could make it so to access anything in a folder one needed a password?
 
Windows XP does not have the capability to password-protect
an individual file or folder. Instead, read the following:

HOW TO: Set the My Documents Folder as "Private" in Windows ­XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399&Product=winxp

You Cannot Select the "Make This Folder Private" Option
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307286&Product=winxp

How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for ­files and folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308419&Product=winxp

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| Ive been looking for awhile for a way to password protect certain folders in
| my computer. Ive seen it done with excel files but does anyone know how i
| could make it so to access anything in a folder one needed a password?
 
oh sorry i didnt see that it was there. When i posted that it told me my
message could not be posted and do try again later...
 
icehero417 said:
Ive been looking for awhile for a way to password protect certain folders in
my computer. Ive seen it done with excel files but does anyone know how i
could make it so to access anything in a folder one needed a password?
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Like Win2K, WinXP's file security paradigm doesn't rely on, or allow,
the cumbersome method of password protection for individual
applications, files, or folders. Instead, it uses the superior method
of explicitly assigning file/folder permissions to individual users
and/or groups.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q308418

HOW TO Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q308419

HOW TO Set the My Documents Folder as Private in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298399


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