removing folder password protection without password

[mikehi]

The local senior center recently dismissed an employee who had password protected a folder on the senior center's PC. The new person needs files in that folder, but the former employee is disgruntled and won't give the password.

My question: Is there a way to remove password protection from the folder without having the password? I am trying to help them.

The person originally used the Windows XP password protection capability to password protect the folder.

Thanks for any help,

Mike

[BC_Programmer]

Windows XP password protection capability to password protect the folder.

Windows XP doesn't have built in ability to password protect a folder- the closest thing would be using Encryption, in which case the files are unreadable without the proper user credentials (which would require the user password).

[Broni]

First of all, what proof do you have guys, the story is real?

[BC_Programmer]

hey, don't look at me! I'm not the one who posted the link! 

[Broni]

Harry's busted

[mikehi]

Ok folks. I'm a real person, this is a real problem and a real request.

I expect that I'll wind up telling the person in charge of the whole problem that there's nothing that can be done without the password.

That disgruntled former employee has surely done a job on these folks who don't deserve it. How small minded a thing to do, too.

Mike

[harry 48]

Harry's busted

removed my post you have to trust people 

[BC_Programmer]

wether the OP can be "trusted" or not is redundant- this is a public forum and posting links to "password recovery", or whatever it was -  programs is akin to posting password cracking program links.



In any case, what I was trying to make clear to the Original Poster was that a Folder cannot be password protected via the built-in functionality of Windows XP; therefore I was hoping perhaps for some clarification as to how this was done. (A third party program, perhaps?). It could also be using Encryption Using the "disgruntled" users account, which means only their account or a designated recovery agent can recover the files.

However I would expect in that case that the query would have been regarding the user account password... thus my curiousity re: third party programs.

[harry 48]

as the song said , " i understand " , thats why my post was removed

[Computer_Commando]

...The person originally used the Windows XP password protection capability to password protect the folder...

Do you mean User Account password?