Password Protect Folder

I need to Password Protect one folder on my shared drive. This seems to be a common need but not such a simple answer. Surely MicroSoft Windows 7 has this capability. Where is it that the settings are changed to require a password to gain access to a folder?

You can still kinda accomplish what you want with other products.  You can use truecrypt to mount an encrypted file like a drive letter.  You can access it with My Computer or Windows Explorer, but it will really be an encrypted file on your computer.
 If you forget the password you loose all the data though.
If you have XP Pro or Win 7 Pro you can also use EFS (Encrypted File System) to encrypt a folder.  Other user accounts on that PC will not be able to your encrypted folders.  They can still see the folder and some filenames but can't open word
docs etc.  If you share a user account or logon with someone else this method is useless.
Another option is zipping the folder contents into a password protected/encrypted zipped file.  You could use Winzip or the free program 7zip.  You will be prompted for a password every time you access the compressed/zipped file/folder.
http://www.truecrypt.org/
http://www.7-zip.org/
Dave - http://www.dms-itconsulting.com

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