Password Protecting Folders

[Smoke286]

I have Windows XP Pro, I want to password protect a folder containing sensitive Union documents so my children can't access them, or more importantly accidentally delete them. I have tried Windows help but dont seem to be able to find it. Can any one help?

 

[rushm001]

If you have got seperate user profiles set up with passwords, and the NTFS file system you can encrypt the files. See http://www.compulink.co.uk/~davedorn/computing/windows/xpencrypt1.htm for information

 

[Smoke286]

If you have got seperate user profiles set up with passwords, and the NTFS file system you can encrypt the files. See http://www.compulink.co.uk/~davedorn/computing/windows/xpencrypt1.htm for information

We do have several profiles, but they are not password protected. What I would like to do, rather then have to go to all that trouble is put a password on that particular folder

 

[rushm001]

You could always zip the files up using winzip and put a password on the archive. Or just set file permissions so that only one particular user can open them.

 

[Smoke286]

Thats an idea, but since I have to use them everyday , a bit of a bother

 

[Admiral Michael]

why not buy a usb flash drive and store them on that.

 

[Smoke286]

why not buy a usb flash drive and store them on that.

Buy?

Maybe if the union were to pay for it.