Thread: Protect your Personal Folders

Protect your Personal Folders

Following the below trick you can protect your personal folders
from others who use the same computer.

Create a folder and give it a name of your choice. Now put all ur personal stuff in
it. After doing this, right click the folder, go to properties and make the folder
read only and hidden. Now go to the following key in the regsitry:

[hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\windows\curre ntversion\policies
\explorer]

Go to the right hand side and create a new reg_dword and give it a
name "nofolderoptions" without the double quotes. Then give it a value
"1". Now close the registry editor and reboot the system.After implementing this trick, the folder options in the control panel wont get displayed. So other users can't go
to folder options and check on show hidden files and folders.

Aternatively, you could create a Reg file & then execute it

Create a text document and paste the following in to it.

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000001

Now close and save the changes then rename the extention "txt" to "reg". It will ask you if you want to change the extension. Click "yes". You now should have a file called "Filename.reg"[Whatever name you saved the file with]. Now double-click the new file and Click "yes", then "ok". Thats it.

How to enable this in all accounts

The "Folder Options" in control panel will be gone, but another problem will be that it works only in your account. If another user logs in using his own account the "Folder Options" doesn't disappear. So, what's the use of hiding files only in your account? I've not tried it but here's a method you could try:

I assume you would log on to their accounts (If you can) and find the key in their HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive. (Or may be you do that without logging on to their accounts!)

Another way, is creating a new key called Explorer under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies. Then create a new reg_dword and give it a
name "nofolderoptions" without the double quotes. Then give it a value
"1".
Done!!!

Enjoy!