I will show you interesting and usefully trick to password protect folder without using any software using batch file programming. This trick will work on all windows platform (Win XP, Win 7/ 8). Follow below tutorial to learn this trick.
UPDATE: Problem Fixed Now It is 100 % Working
How To Lock Folder ?
STEP 1.
Open Notepad and Copy code given below into it.
cls
@ECHO OFF
title coolhacking-tricks.blogspot.com
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST MyFolder goto MDMyFolder
: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 MyFolder "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%== wayofhacking goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" MyFolder
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDMyFolder
md MyFolder
echo MyFolder created successfully
goto End
:End
STEP 2. Save the notepad file as lock.bat (.bat is must)
STEP 3. Now double click on lock.bat and a new folder will be created with name
MyFolder
STEP 4. Copy all your data you want to protect in that New folder
STEP 5. Now double click on lock.bat and when command promp appears Type Y and press enter.
STEP 6. Now MyFolder will be hidden from you view, to access that folde double click on lock.bat
STEP 7. It will ask for password enter your password and done. (Default password is wayofhacking)
- To change the password replace wayofhacking with new password in the above code
How To Further Secure ?
You might be thinking that anyone can access the password by opening
that lock.bat file in Notepad or any other text editor. To make it more
secure hide lock.bat in some secure location after
following the above tutorial To access the secured file double click on
lock.bat. I would suggest copying lock.bat file into Pendrive and copying it into your computer whenever you required to access to your protected files.
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Computer Tricks
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