How to set a password to folder in c#?

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hello friends,

i am developing standalone application in c#.net. I want to give a password to folder through code. Is it possible.. ??

Posted 1-Feb-15 19:37pm

Brinda Lakhani

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BillWoodruff · Answer 1 · 2015-02-01T20:31:00

Although neither the FAT32 or NTFS file systems have low-level support for password protection, you can use certain Windows facilities to set various types of access rights to a folder: [^].

However, if you think you've achieved some high level of security this way, you are mistaken. This would only deter the least skilled of hackers: ... but, maybe that's all you want ?