Windows Vista: How Hide Directory Contents From Other Users on Same Computer?

Question

I have a non-administrator account on Windows Home Professional.

What are simple set of steps to modify a directory so that other non-administrator users can't view the files in that directory?

I don't care if everyone can see the name of the directory. Just want to hide the contents.

I tried this but it didn't work:

1. Right click properties

2. Security tab

3. For both groups "Authenticated Users" and "Users" I clicked 'Deny' for all their permissions but then it said, "hey, wait, if user had both access and deny then, well, the deny take precedence," so, that would lock even ME out.

This must be simple... Multiple users on a single computer. How do we keep files private?

Answer 1

First you are really setting the access properties on the individual files within the folder. This is important because later you will get a question about propagating to all subfolders that you should answer yes.

This is easy, simply set the access properties to only yourself (and probably administrator) then anyone else will not be able to access the files. You may need to delete Everyone from the access list.