This came across the other day that should help. From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] folders question Date: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:45 PM
Hi Vicki, Yes, this is possible, depending on which version of Windows you are using. In Windows XP Home, do the following: 1. Select the folder you wish to protect, then press Alt + F, for the file menu, and then, N, for send to, and press enter. 2. By default, the first item in the list, will be compressed zip folder, so you just press enter on that. 3. After the compression is complete, select the new zip folder, and press enter to open it. 4. Inside you will find a folder with the same name as the zip folder, press enter to open it. 5. In this folder, you will see your files, and here is where the password protection comes in. 6. With no files selected, go to the file menu, and arrow to, add a password, and press enter. 7. In the resulting dialogue, follow the prompts to create your password. You are done. Note: If you add additional files to this folder, it will be necessary to change the password to protect the additional files. This can easily be done by returning to the file menyu,while in the folder, and selecting, remove password, and following the prompts, and then adding a password again as described above. Anyone can open this folder, and view the list of files, but cannot read them without the password. Caution: Even though this folder is password protected, it can still be deleted. HTH, Richard Q. Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <[email protected]> To: "JAW'S Users" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:58 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] folders question I know there's a way to put a password on a document file, but is it possible to put a password on a folder? I'm using XP on my computer. Thanks. Vicki O Morning, how hast thou grabbed me. --- an fear as Kilshanny For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
