Passwording Folders

Divine Kaos · 31-January-04, 11:59 PM

Would it/ Is it possible to password folders through win xp pro? I don't want to make seperate profiles, as often I leave things downloading on my profile, while others want to surf the net. I am almost sure it is possible to password folders, I could have sworn I have seen a friend do it. How?

Regards,
Divine Kaos

TYCOON · 01-February-04, 12:19 AM

I have been wanting to know how to do this also, keep the damn RIAA outa my stuff lol

jcarkeys · 01-February-04, 12:49 AM

Ok, I have Win Home, but it has the feature listed, just greyed out. Right click the folder/file, go to properties, click the advanced button, then use the encryption options. Beyond that I can't expound on, seeing as how I don't have the feature, but after there you should be able to figure it out.

TYCOON · 01-February-04, 12:56 AM

I have Xp Pro and i also have that feature greyed out, i thought i needed to convert to NTFS to use it so i did, but yeah its still greyed out

godfoot · 01-February-04, 01:03 AM

depends on the folder. On my XP Pro for the My Documents folder on the boot partition I click on the properties of the folder and then on the Security tab and set permissions from there. This does not work for all folders though so check out which ones it does work for and move your private stuff there.

sKuLLs · 01-February-04, 03:08 AM

i think you can only password the folders that are in shared hard drives, like if my hard drive was being shared over a network i could password protect certain folders i dont want others in (no one gets to my porn

) i unno tho i dont share anything

31-January-04, 11:59 PM		#1 (permalink)
Divine Kaos Apex Techie I	Passwording Folders Would it/ Is it possible to password folders through win xp pro? I don't want to make seperate profiles, as often I leave things downloading on my profile, while others want to surf the net. I am almost sure it is possible to password folders, I could have sworn I have seen a friend do it. How? Regards, Divine Kaos

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01-February-04, 12:19 AM		#2 (permalink)
TYCOON Apex Tech God	I have been wanting to know how to do this also, keep the damn RIAA outa my stuff lol

01-February-04, 12:49 AM		#3 (permalink)
jcarkeys Key Hoe	Ok, I have Win Home, but it has the feature listed, just greyed out. Right click the folder/file, go to properties, click the advanced button, then use the encryption options. Beyond that I can't expound on, seeing as how I don't have the feature, but after there you should be able to figure it out.

01-February-04, 12:56 AM		#4 (permalink)
TYCOON Apex Tech God	I have Xp Pro and i also have that feature greyed out, i thought i needed to convert to NTFS to use it so i did, but yeah its still greyed out

01-February-04, 01:03 AM		#5 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	depends on the folder. On my XP Pro for the My Documents folder on the boot partition I click on the properties of the folder and then on the Security tab and set permissions from there. This does not work for all folders though so check out which ones it does work for and move your private stuff there.

01-February-04, 03:08 AM		#6 (permalink)
sKuLLs Apex Master Tech Apprentice	i think you can only password the folders that are in shared hard drives, like if my hard drive was being shared over a network i could password protect certain folders i dont want others in (no one gets to my porn ) i unno tho i dont share anything