Is there a way to password protect/limit access to an entire folder?

I do it all the time with Word Docs; was wondering about folders.

Thnx.

 

There are tons of freeware out there that do the job.Just Google "lock folders free".....

 

Pismo Technic Inc. - Pismo File Mount Audit Package

Not exactly just a folder with a password, but rather a encrpyted file that you open and then a folder appears and when done you lock the file/folder.

 

ownership and permissions. learn them, set them, use them.

 

Thank you Thundernet. Why doesn Microsoft just include a way to protect a folder in the same way you would protect a file?

I dont know what this means.

 

Recommend AxCrypt - simple and effective (and free too)

 

just use winrar and pack the folder into a rar file. safest way + quickest way to do it. onwnership and permissions is not all that great. try it yourself and you'll see the downfall. winrar = best. and you can always add to the rar aka the folder by dragging files into it.

 

The thing is, I dont want to have the move the folder and, I dont want to have it hidden either.
I just want to have to enter a passwrod everytime I open certain folders, exactly where they are right now.

Why isnt there the same option for a folder as there is for an individual document? Seems to me that this would be so simple to design.

 

I am with you on that.But it is against Microsoft policy to do the simple and make our life easier.

 

Great call on AxCrypt. Not excatly what id liek to have but way easier and more efficient than anything else ive seen (and free!). I like how it just encrypts everything in one folder with a single right click.
What id like to ultimately see is something that doesn even let you open up the folder and see the names of the docs inside...

Thunder-try out the above-good stuff.

 

what are you talking about? with winrar you don't have to move any folders....
and you can encrypt anything, indivudal documents, whole folders or more.

here's why winrar is better than any other of these encryption program, and believe me i was in your shoes and tried many encryption programs and in the end i came back to a simple compression program that i've already had but never thought much about, Winrar.

1) you can encrypt folders or file so that you can't even see their names...
2) with winrar, unlike auxcrypt where when u encrypt a folder and you add another file to the folder, you have to manually encrypt that file. with winrar, if you encrypt a folder, you can add to the folder and the files will be automatically encrypted.
3) with winrar you are essentially compressing folders or files into a rar file, and alot of times, the rar file is smaller in size than the original folder, so you save space.

again, i am only helping you out be giving suggestions. if you don't like it, you don't have to use it, don't really matter to me.

 

Truecrypt is good too, but it probably does way more then you need to do

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/win...drive-encryption-performance.html#post6653817


check this thread out. it was just recently posted. it should answer most of your questions

 

No it doesn't. He wants folder by folder password protection, not drive or file encryption.

As noted before, working with ownership and permission rights is the Win7 endorsed way to go. It probably requires creating multiple user accounts on your machine, each with a different level of access privilege. It'd take the better part of half a day to set up the accounts and access rights if there are multiple rules you want to apply, the rest of the day to work out the bugs. That's all AFTER you understand the risks and benefits of using all the bells and whistles of UAC and permissions. Hence, look for third-party options that are just a quick install and option set.

 

Google is your friend....... My Lockbox - Files and Folders Password Protection - Hide Folder Lock Folder Password Protect Folder - FSPro Labs