On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:19:27 -0600, Bruce Chambers
>johnathan.palmerino@booomail.com wrote:

>> Is there a way that I can password protect a folder, so in order to open it,
>> you have to know the password?

> Like Win2K, WinXP doesn't rely on, or allow, password
>protection for individual applications, files, or folders. Instead,
>it uses file/folder permissions to individual users and/or groups.

Just to check: If a folder's permissions are set (for groups and
users), do all new files created or moved to the folder inherit these?

> As a crude work-around, if you actually prefer Win9x's way, you
>can place the file in a compressed folder, and set a password to
>uncompress the folder to view/access its contents.

Win9x doesn't natively support per-folder passwording either - it
applies this only at the level of network shares, which means that
anyone at the local system has full access.



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