password assgning application?

[shaz jazz]

hi all! i have to make a C# desktop applicatio which can assingn pasword to folders so that when user double clicks the folder (in windows XP) then the password is asked from user. i the user provides correct password then it allows it to open otherwise it doesn't allow. any idea/suggestions how i should take a start?

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[Christian Graus]

The only way to do this is to completely subvert the file system, or to not have real folders at all. Either way, sounds like a C++ task to me.

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[Sun Rays]

Hi, u can check this article.. http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/Unique_Folder_Protection.asp[^]

Thanks, Sun Rays

[Michael Sync]

I suggest not to try that kinda application. I have seen that kinda application (e.g. FolderLocker and etc) on the net.. There are always some ways to hack.. and not so difficult to hack too.. Last two years, one of my friend is using that kinda of software (I think it called FolderLocker or something) to protect his file.. What this software does is that convert the folderid of his folder in registry (so, someone click on his folder then it will take you to recyclebin or network place or etc).. And it hide his folder as hidden system files.. that's all.. so, you can probably find how to unhide his folder and change it back to normal folder.. it's too easy.. I didn't see any software that does more advantages than those two steps..

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[Adeel Chaudhry]

Hello Shaz, First, think of possible ways to do the task, e.g if i be doing it, i will be having a console program, running at the system-startup, with no interface, i.e. hiding the window itself. Naming it very similar to some very known process. So nobody may come to know it is something unusual running in the task manager. In that i would be checking if the user tries to access the folder. Whenever it does, i.e. catch the event, and pop-up the window for asking password. Putting in all the functionality to it. And for managing it, i.e. adding folders/files to secure, i would be having another application. Just the thought! Regards, Adeel

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[shaz jazz]

Thanks, it seems that this article precisely focuses my problem. i feel i can find useful stuff in it.will check and respond if further required.

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[shaz jazz]

Hi! well i have read that article fully. It gives good ways to lock the folder but i was worried how to ask for password from user when he double clicks that folder?? Do you have any ideas about it? can you help me further in development of my application?and can you give me your email for further communication if required? Hope to see your positive response!

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