Document folder password in Windows 7

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• Is it possible to set a password to a folder randomly in Windows 7?

  I would like to know if it is possible to add a protection password to a folder created in Windows 7. I realize that you can set up different user accounts or enter the settings on a network share, but it's not my situation. I usually let the friends and other family members just use my computer without going to the trouble to set up a new user account. I would like to create a folder where I can keep the documents with lists of passwords, numbers of accounts and other sensitive data. Is it possible to simply set a password to a single folder?

  It is not possible to specifically put a password on a folder and using something like file encryption would not be useful to you or given to your entire family use the same account.

  Short of recommending the use of different accounts that would be wise you might look at some of the solutions available out there like PGP and so on.

  You might also consider password protecting the actual files, then your file passwords, for example, if it's in Microsoft Word, add a password.

  Simple answer, however, is to use accounts for different users, for this and many many other advantages...

  Good luck!
  Jon

  www.insidetheregistry.com

• can I set up a password for my entire My Documents folder?

  My Documents folder is visible at all. Can I set up a password before I can open my documents?

  My Documents folder is visible at all. Can I set up a password before I can open my documents?

  If your hard drive is formatted with NTFS (my computer > right click on disk Local (c) > properties), then you can use NTFS permissions.

  You can - and should - set a password to access your XP user profile.  Click Start > Control Panel > user accounts (you may need to double click on user accounts).  Select your account and click on "Create a password." If you have a floppy drive, you can also create a password reset disk. Otherwise, write down your password and keep it somewhere safe.

  Are there other people who use your computer?  Each person should have their own user account.  By default, user accounts that are not "computer administrator" accounts cannot see the files in my documents to other user accounts.

  You can also restrict access to your files, even from "computer administrator" accounts (although someone who is a "computer administrator" and knows the NTFS permissions can find ways around these restrictions).  See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040

• Kill the "My Documents" folder in Windows Explorer for XP

  Whenever I have called Windows Explorer in my copy of XP and then click on 'Files', the 'My Documents' folder is displayed.
  Except that I do not use it and don't want it.
  I tried in vain to get rid of him, but when I right click on it and press DELETE, it tells me that the content will not be deleted, only the icon, which would be nice.  But it's that - the icon remains.

  You can't delete My Documents. This is a directory on the system. If you want Explorer to open up My Documents, you can change the shortcut to Explorer as follows:

  Go to programs > Accessories - right click on the Windows Explorer icon, select properties and type or copy / paste the following text in the target box:

  % systemroot%\EXPLORER. EXE/e, c:

  This will open the Explorer to C:\. You can also create a desktop for Windows Explorer with the same command icon. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• Suddenly - whenever I right click on 'New' in 'my documents' or on the desktop or in a folder, in order to create a folder or file, windows says "Please wait while that corel suite 11 is installed.

  Suddenly - whenever I right click on 'New' in 'my documents' or on the desktop or in a folder, in order to create a folder or file, windows says "Please wait while that corel suite 11 is installed. I click on cancel, but it keeps coming back. I have not Corel. If I click on cancel about 13 times it finally stops! But I can't use right click on 'new' installation at all, it seems. Also I have problems with Outlook - I wonder if I need to re - install Windows XP or is there a simpler solution?

  Thanks for yr help.

  Yes, Outlook often think files 'have not been closed properly' and takes forever to 'check' the. I give him extra time to close before stopping computer...

  Aeoliansands,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers community.

  You can download and run the Installer Cleanup utility:

  http://download.Microsoft.com/download/E/9/D/E9D80355-7AB4-45B8-80E8-983A48D5E1BD/msicuu2.exe

  - or try reinstalling Corel.

  Your second question is related to Microsoft Outlook and would be better suited in the Groups of Discussion Outlook. Please visit this link to find a community that will provide the support you want.

  I hope this helps!

  Lisa
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Recovering user & Documents folder Windows icon Image?

  Hello everyone!

  Recently, I lost my the user documents folder and it recovered (by good help here).  However in my work to solve the problem the blue Documents folder icon under the folder Documents (user) Windows icon colored in an ordinary vanilla folder icon.  Then is the same thing to my real user (name) folder icon, he went to a single file of vanilla.  I don't remember how I did it.

  Problem: I would like to restore the icon of folder my documents to original blue color documents windows folder icon?  And restore my user to original windows icon folder icon?

  Help would be appreciated?

  Hi Richard,

  1. you try to change folder icon?
  2. you are trying to change your user account picture?

  If so, I suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Follow the link and check if that helps.
  Choose a picture for your user account and start menu

  Method 2: Restore the default settings of the folder my documents and check if it helps.

  (a) right click on My Documents.

  (b) click on properties.

  (c) go to previous Versions.

  (d) click on Restore Defaults.

  (e) click OK.

  Method 3: Rebuild the icon cache and check if it helps.

  (a) open Folder Options to select (round) show hidden files and folders.

  (b) open a Windows Explorer window.

  c) go to C:\Users\(User Name) \AppData\Local

  (d) right-click on IconCache.db and click on delete.

  (e), click Yes to confirm the deletion.
  NOTE: This removes the file to the trash. It is safe to empty the trash when you are done.

  (f) close the window.

  (g) empty the trash.

  (h) restart the computer.

  (i) when you return, you will notice the size of the file IconCache.db is reduced, and the update is now the current date. (See screenshot below)
  NOTE: If for some reason any IconCache.db isn't there or the size has not changed much, then just restart the computer again. You may need to restart a few times in some cases.

  (j) cache icon has been rebuilt.

  Method 4: If you try to change the icon of a folder, follow these steps and check if that helps.
  (a) right click on the folder that you want to change the icon.
  (b) go to properties.
  (c) go to the Customize tab.
  (d) click on change icon.
  (e) select the icon you want and click OK.

• How to copy an individual email from windows mail in a documents folder

  Seeking to transfer a windows mail email in a folder of Documents on a vista home premium system

  Just drag the message in WinMail folder in the My Documents folder. It is always open with WinMail. If it's just text, file | Save as and save as a .txt file and it will open with Notepad.

• Windows Explorer (Vista) hangs when I try to access the Documents folder on a network computer running Windows 7

  Simply run the Windows Explorer on my Vista (desktop computer) machine and try to view or otherwise access My Documents directory on my Windows 7 computer crashes Windows Explorer (computers are connected at home).  Messages event viewer the following:

  Failing application Explorer.EXE, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e02a1e, failed module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6002.18327, time stamp 0x4cb74dd3, exception 0xc0000374, offset error 0x00000000000aca57, process 0xb64 id code, start the application time 0x01cc0fa1b28a295d.

  I tried several things to cure the problem without success.  My last attempt was to create a new directory on the Vista computer on the Windows 7 computer.  I then copied some files (using the Windows 7 machine) from the Documents directory on your Windows 7 computer to the new directory and was able to access it from the Vista computer.  I transferred then all the files in the Documents directory to the new directory (again on the Windows 7 computer).  Then, I deleted the Documents directory and renamed the new directory of Documents.  However, when I try to access the Documents directory on the Windows 7 computer from the Vista computer, explore crashes as before (see more top job Event Viewer).  Windows 7 computer is currently running Windows 7 Home Premium, and SP1 is installed as are all Windows updates.  I am able to access the directories music, Photos and videos on the Windows 7 computer from the Vista computer.

  Hello

   

  You can perform a scan of the SFC (System File Checker). It lists all the issues and will also retrieve all files if necessary. Follow the steps below to p Ed a SFC Scan -.

  a. click Start, click programs, on Accessoriesprincipally made, right click guestand then click run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow
  b. type the following command and press ENTER:
  sfc/scannow
  A message appears indicating that "the system scan will start. Be patient because the scan can take some time.
  c. If all files require a SFC replace will replace them. You may be asked to insert your Win7 DVD for this process to continue.
  d. If everything is correct you should, after the scan, see the following message "resource protection Windows not found any breach of integrity".
  e. once the scan is finished, close the command prompt window, restart the computer and check.

  See the link for further directions on scan SFC - below
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

  I hope this helps.

• Windows search fails to find the files in the Documents folder

  Original title: Windows 7 search finds no files, even though all the settings have been verified and the search index has been rebuilt

  I recently bought a new Dell laptop Studio 1558 with Windows 7 Home Premium and moved through several hundred documents from my old PC to the new folder 'My Documents'.

  As many others have found, Windows Search has been completely useless. She seems to have no problem finding files in the music folder or image, but anything in the document library is invisible to the it - even if I get in a subfolder small for a file name I see just in front of me, Windows Search will announce that "no element not corresponding to your search.

  I took a number of steps so far to fix the problem, which none have worked:

  1. I checked which locations are indexed for search and ensured that the document library is among them (as well as all of my C drive).

  2. I checked that appropriate file extensions (.doc .docx .pdf, etc.) are all selected from the "File Types" list in indexing options (although I noticed that 'Description of filter' for .pdf bed "Registered IFilert is not found" - not this problem with Word documents).

  3. I have deleted and rebuilt the search index.

  4. I ran the troubleshooting Windows 7 Search tool, which reports that it cannot find any problems.

  5. I have read that some problems with Windows 7 search can be solved by changing a registry key (http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-fix-windows-7-search-problems/) but when I navigate to the folder in my registry, only following three keys are here (not the one mentioned in the difficulty):

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\ {0B2BAAEB-0042-4DCA-AA4D-3EE8648D03E5}
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\ {36011842-DCCC-40FE-AA3D-6177EA401788}
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\ {59BD6DD1-5CEC-4D7E-9AD2-ECC64154418D}

  A couple of things, I said - if I create a new word document and save it, Windows Search seems to immediately get back on it and is able to find. I also noticed that at first when I opened one of the word documents that have been transferred over the old PC and then closed it again, Windows Search picked up on it and could find it. So I went to try to open and close then all of my documents (an arduous task...), but the subject to halfway through Windows Search has ceased to be able to find them.

  All Word documents using Microsoft Word 2007 in .doc or .docx format, although the problem also applies to Excel, PDF and image files, so I don't think that the problem is with the word itself.

  I have tried everything I can think so far, including all the solutions, I could see suggested in previous discussions. I really need the search function working to effectively use my laptop so that any help would be welcome!

  Thank you, Jack

  Santosh thanks, I checked the permissions for the appropriate files and SYSTEM was present, which doesn't seem to be the problem. However, I found a solution that might work for other people are having the same problem.

  I noticed that if I changed the location of the files, Windows search suddenly seems to become aware that they existed and then indexed and followed them correctly - even if they were subsequently moved back to the original location. I just created a temporary folder outside my library of documents and then each subfolder in the folder my documents him and then come back, one by one. It was a bit laborious but the problem solved - I know not why it worked, but all the old files are now indexed and appear correctly when you use Windows Search, and it seems not to have any problems, follow-up of the newly created files.

  Cheers, Jack

• Dropbox and Windows 7 - the 'My Documents' folder location

  Is there a risk of changing the location of the "My Documents" folder either in Dropbox, so that all files are synchronized automatically?  This would avoid having to always drag files and remember what has been dragged and implemented to date.

  Dropbox seems to be a good tool to keep all the files synchronized on multiple platforms and devices, and it's a suggestion in an article.  It have a negative impact in Windows or damage the organizational structure of the file?

  As long as you use the button "Move" of Windows 7 in the properties of My Documents, that you will do whatever it is that Windows is not set up to do.  The "Move" button is discussed in the following article in Lifehacker, but 'RichR' post in forum Dropbox gives a description of the overall process with some advice on places where to set up your Dropbox folder before moving my Documents inside.  There are a number of other ways to accomplish the same thing but the do this as described above seems to be the simplest and also one that makes what Windows was already intended to do via the function "move".

  http://Lifehacker.com/5527055/the-cleverest-ways-to-use-dropbox-that-youre-not-using

  http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=55046

• How are we going to stop 'Computer' or 'Libraries' or the 'My documents' folder opens at startup in Windows 7

  Hello everyone and Microsoft workers.

  I'm having a problem where the "computer" folder opens on itself at the start of Windows 7. I did the research for days and no luck. It seems that most of the workers from microsoft does not include our question and problem.

  When booting Windows 7 "Workstation" or "libraries" or "My Documents" folder opens at startup. " How do fix us this? Anyone have the solution?

  Well good for me first 'libraries', so now it's the "computer" folder Every time when my starting the computer to shutdown or restart, popups of computer file at startup.

  It only popup once when turn on or restart the computer, it will pop up when the window loads in.

  NOTE: 1 update Microsoft Security Essential 13/02/2012 complete scanned with no internet. computer clean result that found nothing.

  "2"msconfig"- isn't the problem, it does not display"my computer ' or 'library' or 'my document'.

  3. regedit - is normal, there is no dub or any other person.

  4 start / all programs/startup folder is empty, so that not reslove the problem.

  5. all the above solution 1-4 of the method are not good for my problem. everything is normal except that popup folder machine to start lol.

  6 no solution.

  Please do not click or put answered when it is not really answered. If one of the solutions that could solve part of your problem, then please leave a response full info details why & what & how and what solution has helped you. To ensure that microsoft workers, people and I don't get confused. and the post age thinking it is already solved the problem like many others. Thanks :)

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  last update 24/02/2012

  When I plug in my new Logitech webcam a message popup and ask me to sign up. I never clicked register and this fixed the really weird problem but is it solved the problem.

  If someone has the same problem try 'Adi B', "try * 3", "Ronnie Vernon", method "Bradley Thomas. (Thank you all)

  If continue it problem remove or disable any startup like Logitech, Seagate, microsoft or other product which requires you to register. Hope this will help someone that you have this problem.

  No, in Safe Mode nothing opens. It is normal mode without failure. And no I haven't run any AV software, beside you cannot have only one AV software installed.

  But I figure out I fixed the problem thank you very much for trying to help me.

• Windows 7: I would like to print a list of files and corresponding subfolders in the My Documents folder. Is this possible?

  It's time to clean up and reorganize the My Documents folder. I think I can have subfolders duplicate in my main files listed in the Documents. I would like to print a list to find and delete these folders.

  Any suggestion is appreciated!

  Thank you

  Dan

  It is a forum for Windows 7 with tips on Windows 7.

  Windows XP is different, these instructions will not apply.

  You can open a command prompt in Windows XP, then use the CD controls to get the folder you want.

  If you have installed the Windows XP command window open herePowerToy* then this can happen more quickly - to aid that allows to simply right-click on any folder & open a command already defined for this folder.

  * There was also formerly a very convenient Explore of PowerToy here but that is no longer available from MS - you will find perhaps at cnet or another download site.

  There is also a Windows XP forum.

• delete the folder in my document folder windows 7

  I have a folder named "new folder" and a few other folders in my my documents folder and Library-> Documents. When I remove them he'll be back after reboot. Please find me a response to remove them permanently.  hide them is not an option.
  Cheers.

  Take screenshots,
  Usually, you can press the SHIFT key (maybe the Alt key) or (FN key on your laptop) and press prtscrn.
  Open microsoft Paint, and then click Paste on the top left.
  Painting is located in the Accessories folder in all programs from the Start button.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/using-paint

  Then click on the blue button on the file and click Save as, click jpeg file type and name the file.
  Upload to skydrive or photobucket in a public album and post a direct link to the file here.

  Or use the windows snipping tool,
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/use-Snipping-Tool-to-capture-screen-shots
  Refer to this topic on how to make a public record and present screen shot here.
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/feedback/forum/suggest/how-to-insert-an-image-into-a-post-at-answers/bdae0306-c3cb-4d31-ace9-7281ea1a8a73

  You can also look at this for the new format in skydrive

  http://sdrv.Ms/RtThbH

• Windows 7 encrypted my "My Documents" folder. I forgot to back up the key. updated to win 8 pro cant access my My Documents"" folder.

  Hi, I was running windows 7 Professional and encrypted my My Documents"" folder. I forgot to back up the key. I have upgraded to windows 8 Professional on the same laptop thinking that everything remains the same, but can't access my folder 'My Documents'.

  I even had to pass Microsoft by logging into the user local signature hoping it will work but still does not work

  Please what do I do?

  Thank you

  When you your encrypted data, you did because you believed that no one can figure it out without a valid certificate. You were correct. EFS does not distinguish between you (the owner) and a potential data thief. He only cares about certificates. If it was different, then it would be pointless protect your data.

• Impossible to change an attribute of read-only for the My Documents folder in Windows 8

  Problem:

  Everything I put in My Documents directory is converted into read-only, so all my files in this folder (especially my PDFs) cannot be opened OR downloaded/sent online. I tried to use cmd and Type attrib - r "c:\users\myaccountfoldername\documents" but nothing works, document folder still has that little padlock on its icon. I also gave everyone full access to this folder, but whatever I do, I can't change the property "read only". Even if I uncheck that manually in the properties, it continues to go back.

  I looked for a solution now and I still have solved it. I ignore it if I could, but I put a lot of important and frequently accessed files in my library of Documents, so I really need to get this figured out soon.

  I just bought this laptop about a week ago, it came with Windows 8. I'm not sure but I think that this problem happened to me when I joined the homegroup on my local network and began to share files so that I can transfer my old files from my old laptop.

  With this in mind, I tried also to leave the homegroup and restart. The Documents folder was read-only a minute or two after I restarted, but then it became like this again after some time.

  I know that it was designed for the safety of my files and everything, but what should I do with my 'secure' files, if I can't even open a simple PDF file?
  I am the administrator and the user account only on this laptop

  Platform:
  64-bit Windows 8
  Path in question:
  C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents

  I finally understood what was causing the problem! Apparently, he was in the Service of protection against theft by MacAfee (that I installed immediately after the purchase of my new laptop) encrypt all the files in the Documents folder and all the office files that I have! Which explains why no matter how many times I try to seize or delete and redo the folder my documents, it simply would not work. I finally uninstalled the hassle of a service and I can now access my files again :)