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Wednesday, 3 September 2014

How To Password Protect Any Folder "No Software Required"

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In this tutorial i will show you an interesting and useful trick to password protect any folder without using any software.



This trick will work on all windows platform. Just follow the steps below.

Step 1:

Open Notepad and Copy code given below into it.

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cls

@ECHO OFF

title www.ethertekug.com

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST SecureFolder goto MDSecureFolder

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure to lock this 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 SecureFolder "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 Your Secure Folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==ethertek goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" SecureFolder

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDSecureFolder

md SecureFolder

echo SecureFolder created successfully

goto End

:End
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Step 2:

Save the notepad file as lock.bat (.bat is a must)





Step 3:

Now double click on lock.bat and a new folder will be created with name Secure Folder



Step 4:

Copy all your data you want to protect in the Secure Folder

Step 5:

Now double click on lock.bat and when command promp appears Type Y and press enter.
This will close the folder and hide it from view.



Step 6:
Now to unlock/Show/Open the folder Just Double click on the file we created "lock.bat" and enter the password "ethertek" and the Secure folder will open again.




Default password is (ethertek) To change the password replace (ethertek) with your preferred password by editing the (lock.bat) file as seen below.



Enjoy !!!

Thats it for to day. till my Next Post.

You may also Read: Simplest Way To Increase Your WIFI Signal Strength

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2 comments:

  1. If the hidden folders are shown then this trick does not work. any solution.

    ReplyDelete
  2. If you follow the steps correctly. The folders inside the locked folder wont be shown. Even the folder it's self will disappear.

    ReplyDelete

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