i am using windows'98.... Can I set Password to a folder?

Right click on Folder you want to password  and choose Sharing....

If sharing is not there then do the following:

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(You will need installation CD)

Right Click on Networking
Choose Properties
Click On Sharing
Click On Share My Files
Click On OK
Click On OK

PC will need to be rebooted at this point.

Right click on Folder you want to password  and choose Sharing....
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Now select share this folder as 'read only' or 'full access' and set a password in the password section at the bottom.
The folder is now shared on the network but is passworded.  Although if the other user is accessing it from the same PC then they will still be able to see the contents....

Win9x cannot password protect specific files/folders from a user on the same PC. Only NT/2000/XP systems with NTFS files system can do that.

You could save everything to a ZIP file and password protect that ?
After all, WinZip is free.

You are in luck. I just happen to know how to do this.
This statment is false "Win9x cannot password protect specific files/folders from a user on the same PC. Only NT/2000/XP systems with NTFS files system can do that. "
How to password a folder on windows 98 useing HTML

add to the foler a file named desktop.ini
Add this text to the folder -
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
Default={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}
[.ShellClassInfo]
ConfirmFileOp=0
[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=file://Folder.htt
Second you have to right click someware in the folder. Select "customize this folder" and add this after the first line you find "javascript" in.
var pass = prompt("Enter the password")
if(pass != "PASSWORD")
{window.location="C:"}
This should keep your mom/bos/IRS out of your folder (ok it mite not work with the IRS) It won't someone like me out eather but its better then nothing.
Thank you for your time,
Arrummzen

There are 3rd party utilities that can help -

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=folder+password+protect+&tg=dl-2001

As for the other technique,, they could simply access the folder via DOS. If you just want to protect a file, you could write and compile a Visual Basic program such as:

OPEN filename FOR BINARY ACCESS READ LOCK READ AS #1
Do
IF Inputbox("Password")=password then CLOSE #1: exit do
Loop

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