How to lock folders or documents on windows

Dear readers,

are you the type that shares a PC with families or friends and ever wonder if its possible to lock files or folders from some of them despite the fact that its a shared PC that you guys are using? Well, worry no more as in this tutorial will guide you through the steps to create a locked folder in Windows 7 and etc, and the best thing is you that, don’t need any additional software in order to get this done. Now anyone who really is serious about accessing your files will probably be able to crack this, but it should deter more than the average passer by.

First, create a new folder and give any name of your choice then, open the newly created folder, create a new text document. Here's how: (Right click on blank area -> New -> Text Document), After that, just copy the following code that you're going to be downloading from HERE and paste in into your newly created notepad.

Or download HERE

You need to configure the notepad code by first making sure you save as and follow the instruction in the figure image "1" and be sure to enter your password in the “Enter Your Password Here” bit. Then, next you want to save this document with a dot bat extension .bat form and name it locker or give it any name that would remind so it’s called locker.bat and etc and to do this make sure you change the Save as type: All Files (*.*).

Next, you should to go back to the folder created earlier at the very beginning and double click on the locker.bat file which should create a new folder named Private, this is where you can put anything you want to make private thereon.

So, after adding each file(s) or folder(s), double click on locker.bat again and it will ask you if you want to lock the folder or not in a DOS mode prompt. Press Y = yes and the folder will disappear! You’ve now successfully locked it and hidden it. Please, make a backup file of this file in a very safe location away from where someone can easily delete it it seen because, it might look like a virus program file.

To view those files or folders already locked away and hidden, all you need to do is double click on the locker.bat in that same location where everything was created and after entering the password it shows up again for you to be able to modify and etc.

That's all folks.

Hope you were able to perfect it properly because, any single mistake could ruin everything and you might have to start from the beginning again in order to set this right.

Source: Window7

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