an_talpur Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Hi well da title says all that i just i want to know how to lock folder in xp? and am sure it cant be done thru MS-DOS. and i 've seen such locked folder, when i tried to access it, it said access denied and it neither shows da size of that folder? so anyone?any reply will be appreciated thanksALi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 You can use da NTFS Permissions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an_talpur Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 plz clarify it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter468 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 you can do that with Microsoft folder lock or something like that forgot what it was calledim sure youll find something on google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 (edited) Shooter486, I think you mean this ...http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Lock...te-Folder.shtml When you right-click a file or folder, select Properties then click on the Security tab. This will show you the ACL (Access Control List). It says who can access the file/folder and what kind of access they have. Edited November 24, 2006 by FAT64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Changing the ACLs on a folder will work fine as long as no one that you are trying to prevent viewing it has administrative rights. Anyone with admin rights can take back ownership and change permissions on the folder.If the above case is the situation you are in then the Microsoft private folders may be a better option or something similar. Broadcom has a security platform software solution which part of it gives you an encrypted folder.I seem to recall that Utimaco also has a similar product. Just don't forget you password or you are hosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) Anyone with admin rights can take back ownership and change permissions on the folder.Surely not if you use "Deny" Edited November 24, 2006 by FAT64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 So what then is to prevent this admin user from changing the rights from deny to permit? Because in order set them to deny they have to be listed as a user for that folder. They clicked the button to change to allow and away they go.Again works great for non admin users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an_talpur Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 thank u so much guyz especially "FAT64"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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