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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

How: Password Protect Your Folders Without A Software


Password Protect Your Folders Without A Software
In this Columns we will guide you to how to create a hidden and Password Protected Folder.

This Method is Not 100% secure it can protect your folder from an Average Computer user but an advanced user will be able to access the Folder. But by doing one more step we can protect our data from an advanced user as well.

Following are the steps:

· Create a Folder and Name it whatever you like to (For Example “Lock Folder”).

· Then Open that Folder and Right click on any Area in the Folder Select New then select Text Document.

· Open the Text that is created and Copy Following Coding in it.

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== NEW_PASSWORD_HERE goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End


· In the above Coding replace the Code which is written in the Red NEW_PASSWORD_HERE by any password that you want to set. For Example (Set Your Password 111111).

· Save your new File with .bat Format. For Example (Key.bat). And make sure that while Saving You has selected “Save as Type” to “All Files”.

· Double click the key.bat file and that bat file will automatically create a Folder with the Name “Private”. You can use that folder hide any stuff that you want to hide.

· When you again double click the Key.bat file it will ask you that whether you want to hide the folder or not. Press YES if u wants to hide the Folder and your folder will be hidden.

· If u again wants to see your Folder just double clicks KEY.bat File and it will ask for Password. If you input right password then your Folder will be shown to you.

That’s the basic Method to Create a Folder that will hide your folder as well as Ask for password if anybody wants to access.

If u wants to make your folder much more secure then convert your .Bat file into Exe.

.Exe files are much more secure than .Bat files.

Here is the link for Bat to Exe Converter.

Bat to Exe Converter.

If you don't want to password protect your folder. You just want to hide it. You can check our column on a special tweak to hide your folder