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Restrict User Access to Folders with Folder Permissionsġ.

The procedure shown below can be followed exactly the same in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

The user account you are trying to restrict should already present.

It should say “NTFS” right next to “File System”.

If you are not sure, right-click on the drive that has the target folder, select Properties, and you will see the drive file system under the General tab. As such, the folder you are trying to restrict should be in an NTFS formatted drive.

The folder permissions feature is only available on the NTFS file system.

In this quick guide, let me show how you can change the folder permissions to restrict user access to folders in Windows. Once a folder is restricted to a user, they will see Permission Denied error message when they try to access or open the files in the target folder.