To password protect a folder in Windows 10, you'll need to open the folder's "Properties" menu.

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You can–and should–protect your Windows computer with a strong and secure login password or other means of authentication. Perhaps there are specific folders and ...

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In the Windows Security app, you'll find a setting called Controlled Folder Access. Microsoft recommends keeping this setting enabled to protect your system, but what exactly is it, and how does it ...

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File locking has a long tradition in computing: you or independently running software wants to make sure that a file isn’t modified or deleted when it’s needed or in use. Because macOS is Unix based, ...

To protect OneDrive links, you need a Microsoft 365 subscription. Without it, you cannot set expiration dates or passwords to the link. Alternatively, you can set passwords to the files you share ...

Click the "Tools" pane then the "Protection" panel in Adobe Acrobat. Choose "Encrypt," then click the option to "Encrypt With Password." From the Permissions pane, you can check boxes that will ...

Sharing files and folders over the cloud is common in our personal and professional lives. Microsoft’s OneDrive has been one of the go-to options for cloud drives. You can upload and share files on ...