Windows 10: how to I restrict access to a folder?

Discus and support how to I restrict access to a folder? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Like can I AT LEAST require users to enter an admin password again??? idk why is option is not available. like maybe I want someone to help edit... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by HaoSun, Dec 18, 2018.

  1. HAOSUN
    HaoSun Win User

    how to I restrict access to a folder?


    Like can I AT LEAST require users to enter an admin password again???


    idk why is option is not available. like maybe I want someone to help edit something on my main account but like you know some stuff is off limits.

    :)
     
    HaoSun, Dec 18, 2018
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  2. ENSO
    enso Win User

    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder


    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
    enso, Dec 18, 2018
    #2
  3. VICKIMERRIMAN
    VickiMerriman Win User
    Restricting Access to Folders on a network

    Hi. We have a Windows Home Server 2011 with a network share, and 4 laptops attached to this. We use a backup system on the server - Cloudberry backup to Amazon S3, and I want to restrict access to a certain folder (and all sub folders) on the network so
    that only one particular user and the server/backup system can access it. However, whenever I try to restrict access, it restricts it on the server as well, which means the backup fails. I have tried using ICACLS on the command prompt, but that didn't seem
    to work across all the subfolders within - there are quite a lot of folders within folders, so could that be the problem? I am not an IT expert by any stretch of the imagination, so if anyone could provide me with an idiots guide of how to do this, that would
    be much appreciated!

    Thanks
     
    VickiMerriman, Dec 18, 2018
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  4. GREG CARMACK - MVP
    Greg Carmack - MVP Win User

    how to I restrict access to a folder?

    Folder access

    Do you have restricted folder access in security Center settings?

    Exception should be in a list under Windows firewall.

    Type both into start search to locate.
     
    Greg Carmack - MVP, Dec 18, 2018
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