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any folder protecting programs?

May 6, 2005 9:27AM PDT

i was searching online for a program to put password on my folders. i would like to just have the folder and be able to put a password on so that no one can get in them unless they know the password. i am looking for one that is free. I was searching online and didnt find any. is there any other there that someone might know about?

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(NT) (NT) Windows XP already has such a feature.
May 6, 2005 10:02AM PDT
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not really......
May 6, 2005 10:46AM PDT

the only way i have found to put a password on the folder is to compress it and then put a password on it. other than that i have not seen an option to put a password on the folder or file

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Yes. Really.
May 6, 2005 12:05PM PDT

XP and the NTFS (file system) already has this feature. You may lock other users out of files and folders.

Bob

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oh yes that
May 6, 2005 3:36PM PDT

i understand what you mean now. what i meant by password protect is that even on my own log on, on a file on my doucument, i can put a password on the folder. as in even for me to get my own folder, i would have to put in a password for it

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And then the people you want to keep out
May 6, 2005 10:35PM PDT

go online and find a utility that resets or finds a lost password. Why not use a USB portable drive to store you important data? That way it isn't on the hard drive for people to try and access or snoop.

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What happens next is ...
May 6, 2005 11:27PM PDT

You forget that password. Since each folder can have its own password, this always happens.

-> Over 100 times this year already, I've been hit up for how to break into such a folder.

Go native. Its safer.

-> Look up CD-LOCK and FOLDERLOCK, but never tell me you forgot the password or that http://www.lostpassword.com is too expensive to get back in.

Bob

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Try This
May 8, 2005 9:33AM PDT