On windows XP , is there a way to lock a folder to where you need a password to open it?

Question

I have some pictures on my cpu that are rather personal and I have friends that are on my cpu pretty often. I hid the folder pretty well but just in case, I'd like to make it password accessible only.

Answer 1

You can put it in a ".zip" archive, and put a password on it.

Alternatively, why don't you just make a guest account for them? This will keep ALL of your data safe.

Answer 2

It is certain that u wont like to hidden those files. There are so many softwares to password protect ur folder. Just type in GOOGLE a software to make a folder password protect or something like that and chose anyone of them. But there are some problem issues with those softwares, therefore I wont prefer u to use them. But there is an another option to make ur windows folder password protected, just place ur folder in that windows folder but with ur own risk..
...... Open any text editor and copy the contents without "=="of this code to a text file and save it with any name having .bat extension.

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cls
@ECHO OFF
echo // Check1 (In Main Function)
title Folder LockFolder
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLockFolder
if NOT EXIST LockFolder goto MDLockFolder
:AuthConfirm
echo Are you sure u want to Lock Folder (Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LockFolder
if %cho%==y goto LockFolder
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto AuthConfirm
:LockFolder
ren LockFolder "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder LockFolder Locked!
goto End
:UNLockFolder
echo Enter password to Unlock Folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==TYPE YOUR PASSWORD HERE goto FailUnlock
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" LockFolder
echo Folder UnLocked successfully!
goto End
:FailUnlock
echo Invalid password!
echo Try again? (Y/N)
set/p "choice=>"
if %choice%==Y goto UNLockFolder
if %choice%==y goto UNLockFolder
if %choice%==N goto END
if %choice%==n goto END
:MDLockFolder
echo // Check2 (In MD Dir Function)
md LockFolder
echo Folder LockFolder created successfully!
goto End
:End
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just write the password at the place of "TYPE YOUR PASSWORD HERE"......

Answer 3

you could put a password on your windows profile and create another for your friends to use, then everyting under your profle name such as my documents would be protect from other logins.

Else you need a 3rd party tool to encrypt a folder under the same login. I use blowfish to encrypt private files