HOW TO LOCK/HIDE/PASSWORD A FOLDER ON A COMPUTER

There was a particular time I shared a trick on http://faultyaspirations.blogspot.com /2012/05/how-to-hide-folder-in-your-mobile-phone.html">how to hide folder in a mobile phone and I promised to share the trick on how to hide folder on computer too. I made some research and gathered information and by God's grace, I'll be sharing the trick on how you can hide a folder on your computer with you now. Thereby, fulfilling my promise. But before then, please note that the previous post on hiding folder on mobile phone works only if your phone is Java enabled, if you are a symbian phone user, well, you'll exercise a little bit of patience. One beautiful thing about this trick I'm about sharing with you is that, it doesn't require installation of any software. It's only a compilation of codes which you need to copy from here and paste into your note pad in your computer. Note that, after copying and pasting the code, you can save it with any name of your choice, but you'll need to save it as a batch file. For example, If I intend to save the folder with the name MYhiddenDOCUMENTS then, to save it as a batch file, I'll name my folder as MYhiddenDOCUMENTS.bat that's that on naming our folder. But in case you don't know how to locate the notepad on your computer, just

start up your computer

click on start

click on all programs

select accessories

then click on notepad once you're done with that, copy the code which I posted in red at the bottom of this post: and save it as any name you like .bat
After you've saved your code, you'll see a batch file. Double click on this batch file to create a folder locker, a new folder named Locker would be formed at the same location, now bring all the files or folder you want to hide in the Locker folder. Double click on the batch file to lock the folder namely 'locker' if you want to view or unlock your files, double click on the batch file and you would be prompted for password enter your desired password and enjoy access. Now anyone who can view your locked files need to know the password first.

Now the code:



if EXIST “Control Panel.
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}” goto
UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto
MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u 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 Locker “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%==type your
password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s “Control Panel.
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}”
ren “Control Panel.
{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-
A2DD-08002B30309D}”
Locker
echo Folder Unlocked
successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created
successfully
goto End
:End

Sure you're now happy to know you can hide your important folders under a password. Now no body can come to your computer and edit or access your private documents again.

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