Comments on: How to create a secured and locked folder in Windows XP

By: fadil

fadil — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:47 +0000

hmm .. but i think it’s too easy to open the folder . just use the command prompt to unlock it. hmm but this is a nice tutorial

thank’s for ur share^^

By: Raj

Raj — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:20:10 +0000

Dude who ever is the author of the article, I bow myself to him . Great work and could you tell me what computer course I can take to learn how to hide folders of files in Windows?

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:56:06 +0000

Another great and absolutely free tool for hiding of secret folder is BDV SecretFolder 2010: http://www.bdvnotepad.com/secretfolder_en.htm

By: Sun Wu Kong

Sun Wu Kong — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:41:12 +0000

“Posted on August 20, 2007 at 1:27 pm

There is a very nice program called Free Hide Folder from Cleanersoft that allows you to easily hide your private folders.Your folders are completely hidden and you must supply a password to open the program to unhide the folders.”

Note!!!! Your folders are not completely hidden and it can be accessed with command prompt. The program renames your folder, so you can’t remember your folder. Folder name may be something like that…..”XXXXXXXÿÿ”. If you use the “cd” command, you can access the folder.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:29:05 +0000

its a cool and fantastic way to hide your stuff, but when you perform a search in windows xp, the hidden stuff shows up!

By: Archie

Archie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:16:36 +0000

Well, any File Manager, for example FAR manager, can view these folders, it’s not secure. I recommend to try “Protect Folder” from Everstrike Software.

Create a secure folder with your password, copy your files into this folder and they will be encrypted on-the-fly. You can click on this folder and you will be asked for your password – very handy.

By: chaps

chaps — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:36:51 +0000

Thank you for this great tips. I am just wondering, what if someone deleted the secure “Fonts” folder? Is the file still there? I tried deleting the folder and the folder was deleted. Thanks again.

By: Umar

Umar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:58:52 +0000

Hai, The Suggestion is worth but the the locked file can be deleted when we use the Loc.bat and Key.bat..

So any suggestion for the files to be locked but cannot be accessed/deleted/movable other than the person who has locked the file..

By: Aman

Aman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:48:15 +0000

Thanks man.. It was very useful and worked fine for me. Now I have a nicely hidden folder on my PC!

By: David Locke

David Locke — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:22:42 +0000

Nothing entered on or resident on a PC is secure. If you are trying to keep your peers out of your content fine, but never think that it is really secured.

Oddly enough, using a police forensic application, I can pull your passwords for your online accounts off of your PC, this even if your browser did not save your passwords, and open your online accounts. Nothing is going to secure you from that application. Anything on silicon and magnetic media can be recovered. If it is on a PC, cell phone, or GPS device, it is not secured, except from your peers, which might be enough.

Further, current commercial encryption sold by U.S. companies have their bit length limited to 256 bits. Yes, 256-bit DES is being replaced by 256-bit AES, but the bit length isn’t getting longer, so brute force attacks can find the key in 2.5 months. There is no such thing as strategic encryption.

Yes, there are encryption packages available that have longer key lengths, but you won’t find those online, and you will pay a premium price. The vendors selling that stuff know that they are subject to export control laws. Putting that on your laptop means that your laptop won’t leave the country.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:56:01 +0000

thanks! i learned something new! =) I liked creating secure folders!

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:32:24 +0000

When I click on Loc.bat file, the folder changed and the folder locks. When I click on Key.bat file it will not unlock. What’s wrong?

By: Masum

Masum — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:09:04 +0000

Hi and HELPPPP!! I’ve hidden a folder, and now I’ve forgotten the master password, the one to access the actual program itself. What an idiot!

- is there any way to get access to FHF again?
- i sort of remember the password, but I’m thinking I forgotten the sequence of caps and smalls. Is there any way of automating the process of trying all possible combinations of caps/smalls in each place? I’m thinking a windows script/.bat file for example?

Any help greatly appreciated!

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:44:44 +0000

It works great thanks so much!!
I tweaked the code a bit and it works like a charm

Cheers

By: DOCTOR_C

DOCTOR_C — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:22:08 +0000

To protect sensitive data, you can use the built-in ZIP feature/compression agent of WINXP. Just place all your sensitives files inside and protect it with a long and complex password. ZIP files will give you better protection PLUS it saves disk space. using CLSID method is…forgive me for saying this…is lame.