File Extension FGA

File type: Folder Guard Attributes File

About the FGA file type:

If Windows cannot find the appropriate program associated with .FGA files, then your registry may have errors. Check your Windows registry for errors (includes file association errors).

The FGA file extension is used in identifying the Folder Guard Attributes. The FGA file extension identifies whether or not the file belongs to the data security or folder guard local encryption application. For protecting a folder or a file, the user would have to assign a desired protection attribute to it by employing the Folder Guards commands. The attributes stored in the FGA file extension utilized by the Folder Guard are classified into the visibility and access attributes. When allocated to a file, the access attribute prevents the opening or running of the file when it is an application. When allocated to a folder, it can prevent the opening of the files in the given folder of any of the contained subfolder by assigning to them a variety of attributes. The said attribute also stops alteration to the file from being saved in the same folder, creation, renaming and deleting subfolders or files.


Detailed information for file extension FGA

Category: Data Files
File format: Proprietary
Open with Windows: Folder Guard
Open with Linux: Folder Guard
When assigned to a folder or file, the read-only attribute of the Folder Guard allows the opening of a file inside the folder in order for the user to view the file content although preventing the saving of all of the changes that have been made to the file in the same folder. The creation, renaming and deletion of subfolders or files are also prevented. The Folder Guard's full access attribute allows for a full and open access to the folder including the subfolders and files it could contain. However, majority of the folders do not have any of the attributes allocated to them. The names of these folders are exhibited in the Folder Guard windows by means of regular typeface. The access and visibility to the said folders are determined by files in the FGA file extension located in the parent folders. Every folder could have various attributes that can be allocated to it for a variety of users in order for folders to be differently protected for every user.