Windows XP Tip:Make your Folders Private

So your PC is being shared with your brother,sister or your friend, and for the sake of privacy you don’t want them to view your folders and it’s content, sure you could just make another user for them to login as, but there’s also another way to make your folders for your eyes only.

Here it is:

Note

This option is only available for folders included in your user profile. Folders in your user profile include My Documents and its subfolders, Desktop, Start Menu, Cookies, and Favorites. If you do not make these folders private, they are available to everyone who uses your computer.

When you make a folder private, all of its subfolders are private as well.

You cannot make your folders private if your drive is not formatted as NTFS

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