how to password protect single folder

[honduh]

I want to make one folder password protected on my computer, I am in college and have roomates that are on my computer every now and then, which is fine, however, I would like to be able to put personal stuff in a folder that only I can open...is there any way to do this? By the way, I am running xp pro sp2. THanks

 

[moonsite]

Did you create a different user for him? If you do, then that is easy. Just right click and go to sharing and security. You get options to protect it. If you are both using the same account, then you might need a 3rd party software. You can hide it though.

 

[Zugzwang152]

if the folder will hold only a small amount of data, you can wrap it in a zip file and password protect that.

zips can only do 4GB max, but the new WinZip 9 apparently can hold unlimited amounts of data.

 

[gwag]

best way is not to share your destop with anyone. but if you must...open explorer window-go to view-folder options uncheck use simple file sharing.
make a seperate accout or use the admin account log in make a new folder doesnt matter where, put you stuff in it go to the properties of that folder make sure only admin can acces it. the on your desktop make a shortcut to it by typing \\c$\rest of folder path. then when you click the folder it will ask you for a password, but the password will only need to be put in once so unless you log out and back on anybody would have access to it.

 

[HKSturboKID]

The best way is to create each account for the different roommates that use your pc. On the folder that you want to protect, use NTFS permission.