Hi

Do anyone have a free software to protect or block or lock folders in Windows 98?

Thanks.

The easiest and best way would be to archive your file with a program like winzip or Zip central, which can then be set to ask for a password to extract it again

The other program you can try is WIN RAR this has a Lock archive function
Only snag is that it's Shareware Pay after 40 days use
www.rarlab.com/download.htm
But as Puta says Winzip is always Good value (Ps it is built into Windows XP less the external controls)
www.winzip.com

Windows 98 uses FAT32 (or, if you used the 'upgrade' function to go from Windows 95.. FAT16). These filesystems do not have a user-security model.

You can either archive them using a compression program as mentioned above.. (what are you trying to protect, first?) or you can upgrade to a newer version of Windows - which would use NTFS (happens to have a complete user-security model built-in).

Thank you all for your suggestions. I appreciate it.

I am going on vacation for about 3 months. Though I have pw for my PC (office), I would like to lock my personal folders. I have searched some Lock-folder free software and am trying it.

Thanks again. Blessings!