Passwords

[junderw2]

Is there any way to put a password on a folder on windows? If so how?

[Answerbok]

a freeware abc chaos works good http://www.safechaos.com/abc.htm

[misk111]

right click on the folder and click on encrypt.

[j2buttonsw]

First: I have never seen the "encrypt" function on the contextual menu; Second: encryption is only available on Windows 2000/XP installed on the NTFS file system; Third: encryption does not prompt for a password, you can still view the contents of an encrypted folder but cannot change any of the files within. You can force password access onto shared folders across a network but I think you need a third party security package to put passwords on local folders.

[wildwood]

I know nothing about all this encryption stuff but, assuming you are running XP...

1. First compress your folder. Rightclick the folder you wish to protect and sent to 'compressed (zipped) folder'.
2. Double click 'My Computer' and locate the folder through the directory.
3. Double click the compressed folder and on the File menu click 'add a password'.
All the items in the folder should now be password protected.

To undo, rightclick the folder and click 'extract all', next, press 'password' and enter password, next. All items should now be available for unprotected viewing. Note: Compressed protected folders can still be deleted by anyone!
Hope this is of some help.

[Kerplunk]

J2, How do you force password access on a shared folder?

[j2buttonsw]

In Windows 98 shared folders you can force a password to view shared folders but Windows 2000/XP uses share/NTFS permissions to allow/deny access to specified users. I believe all wildwood is doing is zipping the files with the WinXP version of winzip then adding an access password.

[wildwood]

But Jaytwo.... isn't that what junderw2 asked?

[junderw2]

thanx for the responses people but can anybodygiv me a straight forward answer(p.s i am using Windows ME if thats any help)

[Joanne-G]

Erm .....may I suggest you search your folders options and where nessassary click folder options etc,,, or does ME not give that option, if not, upgrade to XP????

[lisaj]

I reckon this can be done (in a somewhat fiddly way I'll admit).... Have a second NTFS partition (drive D: say) that is accessible only to administrators, and then have a read/write folder within this drive that is shared. You can then map a further drive letter to this share and throught sharing security, select which users have access to it... I'm not even sure this would work since I've never done it, but I can't think of any NT platform issues that imply it wouldn't.

[j2buttonsw]

I guess I owe wildwood an apology. see: http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,110663,
00.asp