Password protection on folder or file on deleting action

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I want to develop an desktop application which protect my folder or file.
when somebody deleted then it will ask password, if it is correct then the action is done otherwise there will be no effect on file or folder.

Please somebody help me

Posted 18-Dec-12 23:39pm

ravi kumar86

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2012-12-19T08:36:00

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Windows NTFS does not support such a thing.

Really, if you understood Windows and NTFS security and what well-known folder yo put the data you want protected under, you would know that what you want to do is utter non-sense.

Posted 19-Dec-12 8:36am

Dave Kreskowiak

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ravi kumar86 20-Dec-12 3:59am

i sent a software link please go through it and then tell me how it do?

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Lockdown/Folder-Protect.shtml

Dave Kreskowiak 20-Dec-12 7:43am

Wow. A piece of software that solves a problem that doesn't exist.

ravi kumar86 21-Dec-12 2:44am

http://www.newsoftwares.net/folder-protect/

ravi kumar86 21-Dec-12 2:48am

ihave attached a soft link and , what i have done in my code but it is not so effective as the software work suggest above link. so please tell me how can i achive it?

ravi kumar86 21-Dec-12 2:51am

AddDirectorySecurity(dt1.Rows(i)("FullPath"), WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name, FileSystemRights.Delete, AccessControlType.Deny)
AddDirectorySecurity(dt1.Rows(i)("FullPath"), WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name, FileSystemRights.DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles, AccessControlType.Deny)
AddDirectorySecurity(dt1.Rows(i)("FullPath"), WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name, FileSystemRights.Write, AccessControlType.Deny)

Sub AddDirectorySecurity(ByVal FileName As String, ByVal Account As String, ByVal Rights As FileSystemRights, ByVal ControlType As AccessControlType)
Dim dInfo As New DirectoryInfo(FileName)
Dim dSecurity As DirectorySecurity = dInfo.GetAccessControl()
dSecurity.AddAccessRule(New FileSystemAccessRule(Account, FileSystemRights:=Rights, InheritanceFlags:=InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit Or InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit, PropagationFlags:=PropagationFlags.InheritOnly, Type:=ControlType))
If ControlType = AccessControlType.Deny Then
dSecurity.SetAccessRuleProtection(True, False)
Else
dSecurity.SetAccessRuleProtection(False, True)
End If
Directory.SetAccessControl(FileName, dSecurity)
End Sub