# Private folders on xp-help? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 29, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864 "2003-03-29T05:18:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@amp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/amp)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/1 "2003-03-29T05:18:06Z")
how do i make a folder private on xp pro. i have my own userand my brothers have their own. so i need to make some folders private. there is one folder wich is private but i dont know how did it become private. there is no security tab in the properties of the folder. so does anybody know how? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/2 "2003-03-29T05:36:31Z")
make a folder, name it whatever you want. Right-click, select properties, the Sharing tab. There’s a checkbox for making that folder private. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/3 "2003-03-29T05:37:27Z")
yes but that button is grey u cant click it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/4 "2003-03-29T05:44:10Z")
1 of 2 things then: 1. you are not an administrator, but I don’t think that’s the reason. 2. the folder has to be made inside your My Documents. I forgot to mention that part, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/5 "2003-03-29T14:27:58Z")
Cool - I never knew that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/6 "2003-03-29T17:47:55Z")
still did not work:-\ :\*( but u i copied the folder that is private and deleted what is inside the copied folder this way now i have 2 private folders. i had to do that.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/private-folders-on-xp-help/16864/7 "2003-03-30T05:28:55Z")
hmm, well maybe it is cuz of administrator rights…interesting. I’ll research that a bit and see… Even still, that’s cool you got it to work. 🙂 Learn something new everyday, eh, Kirupa? 😉