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Password protect a Folder

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Hello.
 
There is a feature Windows 7 doesn't allow by default : password protecting a folder.
 
After searching a bit I found this article :
http://www.pcworld.com/article/230946/how_to_passwordprotect_a_folder_in_windows_7.html
 
It lists third-party softwares (open source or not, free or not) that can do it.
But for Better Explorer we need some C Sharp code. And moreover Open-Source one.
 
And here is what I found :
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20880/Folder-protection-for-Windows-using-Csharp-and-con#_comments
 
Maybe you could get rid of the useless radiobuttons from the Form1, and just keep the backend code.
 
To protect the OS, to prevent it from becoming unstable, some folders couldn't be locked :
  • C:\Windows
  • C:\Program Files
  • C:\Program Files (x86)
  • C:\Programs
  • C:\Users\username\AppData
  • C:\Users\username\Desktop (I guess it's important too)
  • ... other suggestions ?
     
    This new Folder Lock feature could have its own button on the Folder Tools tab.
     
    DimitarCC, JaykeBird : What's your opinion about this idea ?

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jacobrh94 wrote Jun 24, 2012 at 5:24 AM

This is a nice idea, and I can see you did a lot of research for it. :)

We can work on adding this in. There is a list made by Microsoft that we could use to keep folders from being locked.

JaykeBird

neugrek wrote Jul 12, 2012 at 3:26 PM

The project has entirely moved to GitHub.
https://github.com/DimitarCC/BetterExplorer


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