Locking a folder... Possible in Windows 7?

Is it possible to lock a folder within Windows 7 so NO one can enter it? Not even myself with Admin rights, without knowing a password.

Lets just say I have this folder called, um, "X"... Which we could also call "XXX" if we wanted to, cough...

I have a 14 and a 16 year old who use my desktop to watch movies and I would like them to not be able to enter or find due to indexing said folder called "X"... I don't care if they can SEE the folder, I just want it to pop up a prompt for a password if and when someone double clicks on it, trying to enter it, even IF they are logged in on my login, the one with Admin access.

Is this possible? If not within Windows 7, are there any programs that will do this? I know you can use programs to make encrypted container files on the drives but the bitch with those is that you have to pre-set the size so for example if you make one 20GB, and it's only got 1~2GB of data in it, it still uses the full 20GB. I just want to password protect a couple folders even when people are on my own login.

Thanks!

Zip the file or folder using 7zip, assign a password, test it, then delete the source file.

AHH it's kinda like .htaccess access! Why didn't I think of something like that!

Thanks guys.

@gregrocker, If you zip up the files, even with a password, anyone who tries to open the zip will still see a list of the file names contained in the zip ( which could be embarrasing..cough, cough!). To overcome this, if you create a new passworded zip file with just the passworded zip file in it, then all that is visible is the title of the original zip file and not the original contents list.

gregrocker said:

Zip the file or folder using 7zip, assign a password, test it, then delete the source file.

I have to agree with Greg. I have WinZip since 1998 and I have a bunch of files that are confidential. I go to the folder, select all, right click and use the Shell to send them to WinZip. In the process, I use a password. I then delete the source files and the zip file sits in the folder ready for me to open it whenever I want. It's a lot easier than using the system's permissions. Plus the files are quickly send in a zip file via email if you ever have the need.

WinZip is a lot less bulky than WinRAR IMO. I just upgraded to WinZip 14.5, change it legacy Toolbar and it works great withi Windows 7. A good investment for 20 bucks for lots of reasons. Good luck!

lock with Winrar yes.