Password Protection for Folder in XP

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Hi,

WinXP doesn't provide for passwording folders. It can password a compressed
(zipped) folder only. XP uses permissions to determine which users have
access to folders.

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418

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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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"Nijesh" <nijesh.b@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eooSZy2tFHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hello!
>
> How to provide password and protect a particular folder in Windows XP,
> without using any 3rd party Utilities.
>
> Thnaks
>
> Kishore
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:29:12 -0600 in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Bruce Chambers favored us with...
> 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.

Bwaaa-haa-haa!

"Cumbersome" and "superior" are in the eye of the beholder. The fact
that "how do I password-protect a file or folder" is a FAQ here is
enough to demonstrate that the other method might be preferred by
some but is _not_ objectively "superior".

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