# Protected Windows

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/protected-windows/14897>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/protected-windows/14897 "2017-07-26T23:13:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jerry101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@jerry101](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jerry101)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/protected-windows/14897/1 "2017-07-26T23:13:52Z")

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I have a protected window that i would like to keep private so that only certain people can access the window in the designer. Setting it to protected works just fine, the issues is that even though you do not have rights to open the protected file you can simply duplicate the window and then you can open it. Is there a way to keep someone from duplicating the window in the designer?