Re: Password protect or encrypt a folder only

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:10:56 -0600

Katy;
Windows XP is not designed that way.
With NTFS file system, the files in your profile are reasonably secure
as long as you password your profile:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Private.htm 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"Katy" <fairytale_4@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1090kj7gu7k2p17@corp.supernews.com...
> Is there anyway to password protect just one folder in XP?   I've
> searched a little here and quite a bit in XP help and couldn't find
how to
> do this without password protecting a screensaver or using WinZip
with
> password.
>
>  Does XP have a way
> to do this without encompassing the whole computer?   Does anyone
know of a
> freeware software that can password protect just one folder, such as
with a
> right click option to Password Protect?
>
> TIA for any help,
> katy
>
>

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