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« on: May 25, 2006, 04:43:51 PM »

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.

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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2006, 04:57:28 PM »

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.
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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2006, 05:01:53 PM »

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 F#@& with it. Im not trying to store porn or something. Laughing
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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2006, 05:07:17 PM »

OK, right click folder > Properties > Sharing and [check]  Share this folder on the network then. ~ that should work even if it's hidden.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2006, 05:33:15 PM »

here you go .s1 http://www.winability.com/folderguard/
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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2006, 05:45:19 PM »

here's some free(?) ones at Download.com
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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2006, 06:10:16 PM »

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

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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2006, 06:46:24 PM »

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.
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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2006, 06:52:20 PM »

if you still looking for a program let me know
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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2006, 07:54:24 PM »


Beautiful. Thank Ya.
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