How to protect a Windows folder without encryption

Question

How can I protect a folder on Windows without encrypting its contents?

We have an option of creating Windows accounts for different users. But if multiple users are working on the same machine, we would like to prevent access to our uploads folder.

Answer 1

If you can use one folder per user, you can define ACLs on your Windows folders : right click on your folder, choose properties/security and assign some right to your users (Read,Write,...)