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    Can You Password Protect Folders?

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by aznhiroller, Sep 5, 2009.

  1. aznhiroller

    aznhiroller Newbie

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    Can you password protect folders on Vista? I'm pretty sure you can't, but are there any free programs that can?

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    aznhiroller, Sep 5, 2009
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Yes you can, just like you can in XP. Right click on the folder, select properties, advanced -> Encrypt contents to secure data. Remember, this will be the same user/password as the account that created it, so it will not ask you for a password - only different users of the computer.
     
    kegobeer, Sep 5, 2009
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