Password for Folders

[khvn]

Can someone show me how to put a password on a folder in Win XP?

Setting up separate account is not a solution for me. No annoying encripted zip file scheme either (I need to use my files frequently).

What I need is a folder behaving like a simple lock box that can be quickly opened by a password key and, voila, there they are, all my files in their naked glory ready to be seen and used and then put away at a drop of a hat.

[The Saviour]

Google this:  freeware password protect folder software

The world is at your fingertips...

Good luck!

[uesquebeathus]

if you are using XP PRO OR VISTA then it should be a case of right click the folder select sharing and security, then follow from the instructions. that is if you have "administration" rights for your particular "user profile",

[khvn]

OK, some useful feedback:

After researching a bit I found TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/ which does what I want: a virtual lock box/vault that I can drag and drop files.

From what I saw, TrueCrypt is THE best open-source utility out there for file & folder locking app. Even better, it's truely free. The only other utility that appears to be in the same league with TrueCrypt is the glitzy commercialized "Folder Lock" http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/. But this will set you back $35 USD.

TrueCrypt is simply awsome. The author said he'll never comercialize TrueCrypt to stay true to the open-source spirit. But you're welcome to donate--This piece of work absolutely worth every single penny there is to count.

Last but not least, beware of free trojans out there. They can come loaded with snoopware and done stealing critical data from your computers before you finish yelling "Hot dangit..."

[unlovedwarrior]

might want to look here too

[khvn]

Thank you, UnlovedWarrior. Man, this is good stuff. I'll take the less is more approach any old time. I'm really sick of all the BloatWares out there. Every time someone come along and slap on some software and says "install this", I want to run away...

[Deerpark]

hehe that little script is pretty clever, not high security stuff but enough to keep your average user out. Very good find unlovedwarrior.

[unlovedwarrior]

very welcome

[khvn]

UnloveWarrior, do you happen to know of any bat to exe compiler/converter?

I thought it would be great if  the little nifty BAT file can be turned into an EXE file
thus hide the code and the password from the casual users (like yours truly myself).

So I tried bat2exe which started out real promising.
It spits out the COM file fine. When run, it creates the locker folder fine too.

But it won't let you enter a password to lock and hide the locker folder like the BAT version. It ran but won't stop and prompt the user for the psswd.
Maybe the prompting code didn't get compiled correctly or something.

If somebody else has any idea, please feel free to chip in too, thanks!

[Deerpark]

This one should work:
http://www.battoexe.com/
It did for me at least.

[khvn]

Thanks, Deerpark. I tested the demo version of quickbfc and it worked
like a champ.

Odd that this is a sellware, but the demo copy doesn't seemm to have
any time bomb for self-termination? Maybe it does. It just hasn't exploded
on me yet...

[Deerpark]

As I've understood it, the only limit to the demo version is the trial reminder in compiled exe files.