Best non intrusive method to password protect a win7 folder?


  1. Posts : 39
    windows 7 ultimate x64
       #1

    Best non intrusive method to password protect a win7 folder?


    From what I can gather there is no straightforward way to password protect a Win7 folder using the native capabilities of Win7. Ideally I'd like to password protect the Documents folder but I suspect that's gonna be impossible so I'll probably have to be content with protecting individual folders within the Documents folder. So, is there a consensus on the best third party tool to facilitate folder password protection without resorting to encryption...I just want to be able to put a password on an existing folder such wthat when you try to open it a dialog box will pop up and ask for the password and then open normally. I'm running 64bit Win7.


    Any feedback is appreciated
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    Why would you need to password protect a folder anyways? If you have multiple people using the computer make them accounts while password protecting your own.
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  3. Posts : 1,491
    Win7 Pro-64 Bit
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    Last edited by BrightBlessings; 29 Nov 2011 at 00:00. Reason: Added link
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  4. Posts : 39
    windows 7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    logicearth said:
    Why would you need to password protect a folder anyways? If you have multiple people using the computer make them accounts while password protecting your own.
    I have my reasons but thanks for responding
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  5. Posts : 39
    windows 7 ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5


    I'll check them out...thanks
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