XP: How Do I Make A Folder Private

Contributed by AlexTheBeast

July 14, 2004

Tagged: Windows

Explains how to hide/protect files from other users.

Suzie in the forums asked how she could protect certain folders from access by her children.

This process assumes that you have your children (or other users) log-in with accounts that are seperate from yours. If not, then this will not work.

Any folder that is under your personal profile you can make private. Your personal profile should be C:\Documents and Settings\User_name if you installed windows to the C drive. Any subdirectories under this one can be made private. My Pictures, My Documents, and such folders are under your profile already. So you might just want to make a folder under My Documents called Private Documents.

1. Right click on any folder in your profile.
2. Select Properities
3. Select the Sharing Tab
4. Click Make This Folder Private
5. Click Apply
6. Windows will make sure your account has a password
7. Click OK

Microsoft has a knowledge base article about it as well.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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:D Awesome! Thank you!!!<font color="green"></font>

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I have Windows XP Home SP2 and for some reason this is not working. I have 2 other accounts on my computer other than mine and they are limited accounts (mine is the administrator's account) and I can't seem to make folders private. I am trying to make my folder in the "C:Documents and Settings" folder private.

The folder name is "C:Documents and SettingsChito". I right-clicked on it and selected "Sharing and Security". The problem is that the "Make this folder private" checkbox is GREYED OUT! I don't know what is going on. I tried making just the "My Documents" (C:Documents and SettingsChitoMy Documents) private and its not working either, they are ALL greyed out. I don't understand. If someone could please help me out i would really appreciate it.

please email me at ohshhitscarl@hotmail.com.

thank you!!

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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yeah i had the same problem maybe its SP2 but i dunno if u have the solution my email is chadmuska82@hotmail.com k thanx ill apreaciate it

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[yeah i had the same problem maybe its SP2 but i dunno if u have the solution my email is RABAT@hotmail.com k thanx ill apreaciate it

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yeah i had the same problem maybe its SP2 but i dunno if u have the solution my email is BATRAE907@SKMC.GOV.AE.com k thanx ill apreaciate it

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:!: I would also really like to know the solution to this problem, does anyone have any new ideas?<ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>I have Windows XP Home SP2 and for some reason this is not working. I have 2 other accounts on my computer other than mine and they are limited accounts (mine is the administrator's account) and I can't seem to make folders private. I am trying to make my folder in the "C:Documents and Settings" folder private.

The folder name is "C:Documents and SettingsChito". I right-clicked on it and selected "Sharing and Security". The problem is that the "Make this folder private" checkbox is GREYED OUT! I don't know what is going on. I tried making just the "My Documents" (C:Documents and SettingsChitoMy Documents) private and its not working either, they are ALL greyed out. I don't understand. If someone could please help me out i would really appreciate it.

please email me at ohshhitscarl@hotmail.com.

thank you!!</ul>

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risherz 3 years ago 1 point
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Hmmm... if it isn't working then perhaps this could help you out.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q307286/

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safeburn 2 years ago 1 point
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ithin u can do this by simple file shearing u can give de permisions for ather user .its simple just go to folder option then desactivate simple file shearing then click ok or somthing

1.choose ur folder right click
2propertis
3 security
4add use name and and refuse all da acces

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