xs1 Posted May 25, 2006 CID Share Posted May 25, 2006 I know this has prolly been asked before, and alot too but i dont feel like searching around for hours for the anwser so hopefully someone will be able to help. Heres the story. My grandmother has this F#@&ing habbit of deleting ...err.. "cleaning" S#!t off the computer she doesnt reconize. Well this is her puter but i have a folder in my documents with all my S#!t in it that i use ona daily basis, just for my personal use, ya know ? Well this folder has over 300 files and pics and whatnot in it that i realy cannot afford to lose with her bs " cleaning". So my question is is their a program that will password protect or even " lock " the folder so she cannot remove it ? Hell, if she couldnt access it would be all the better. Thanks guys. ~ Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted May 25, 2006 CID Share Posted May 25, 2006 right click folder and in Properties > Attributes > [check] Hidden and make sure in Folder Options ~ Hidden files arn't shown. Grandma won't see it and you can just go back to Folder Options and set it to view hidden file when you need to . . remember to set it back when your done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted May 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 Hiding the folder would prohibit sharing them on p2p programs and id realy like to avoid that if possible. Im not trying to hide the folder.. i just want it passworded or ' locked ' so she cannot fuck with it. Im not trying to store porn or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 OK, right click folder > Properties > Sharing and [check] Share this folder on the network then. ~ that should work even if it's hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 here you go .s1 http://www.winability.com/folderguard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 here's some free(?) ones at Download.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cak46 Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 If you are running xp on the machine you can encrypt the folder so she cannot access it. From what I understand, even an administrator cannot access it. Here is how to do it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 here's some free(?) ones at Download.com the problem with those is it encrypts the folders and files, that takes alot of time expically on a slow computer. they all don't allow you to just password the folder. the one i posted will just password it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted May 26, 2006 CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 if you still looking for a program let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted May 26, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 26, 2006 here you go .s1 http://www.winability.com/folderguard/ Beautiful. Thank Ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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