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

By: joelson

joelson — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:56:38 +0000

hi,
I did what you said, but i named the folder C program..i made both the .bat files n my data completely disappeared and when i double click on the key.bat file, nothing happens at all…i want to get my data back

PLEASE HELP!!!

mail me your reply
just in case, my id is
joelsonfilipe@hotmail.com

By: Shekhar Bhagat

Shekhar Bhagat — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:59:34 +0000

Its great, thanx a lot…..Its very simple to protect the folder which are very secret.

By: Sas

Sas — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:55:52 +0000

good post! Security in Windows is important, especially protecting sensitive data. Thanks.

By: curiousgeorge

curiousgeorge — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:38:56 +0000

If I was to use this method to hide a file named say “file” inside a secured folder, would it show up if I searched it using windows explorer?

Would it be possible to hide a program in a folder using this method?

By: Kumar

Kumar — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:33:29 +0000

Is it possible to create the file with password protected..? The password has to be stored as encrypted file attribute, so that users can open the file by giving the password.

What I am looking is :
When we right click and select create the file /folder option, it should prompt for the password to be set for the first time. Hence forth it should allow us to open the file / folder using the password.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:03:52 +0000

Hi, I tried the Free Hide Folder program and, though it hides the folder, I can still access it using windows explorer or command prompt. Is it because I’m using Windows 7?

If I use WinRAR to view my hard disk, the hidden folder is shown right there, and I can just open any file in it without the password. Is this how the program works? Or am I missing something?

Thanks for the great article!

By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:15:35 +0000

The whole premise of this article is completely wrong – XP does allow you to easily protect and hide folders!

Just set NTFS permissions on the folders.

The solution proposed in this article is not really secure, whereas using NTFS permissions is.

By: sekhar

sekhar — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:04:39 +0000

Thanks for the tip. It is very helpful for me. Once again, thanks for posting this tip.

By: shishir Jha

shishir Jha — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:20:22 +0000

what is the procedure to restrict the desktop to create file and folder as well as not able to save any file or folder to the desktop of any user.

By: vikram

vikram — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:24:41 +0000

yes its really works. I really like if u send me some tricks on my mail id also.
great job. keep it up

By: Ayan

Ayan — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:35:15 +0000

How can you lock an entire drive in Windows? Please tell me…

By: chand

chand — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:33:51 +0000

That’s a good technique….Have you any other techniques for creating locked folders in Windows?? Thanks

By: Shankar

Shankar — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:00:25 +0000

Hey friend, nice work. It really helped me in locking my private data.

By: Lux

Lux — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:49:11 +0000

Very interesting method Thanks! An intruder may not even suspect that there’s something hidden within.
He made you create .bat instead of renaming directly from command prompt to save you time each time you lock and unlock it. For those who haven’t been able to unlock your own folder using your key.bat, make you sure you haven’t hidden the private folder already (right click > properties > uncheck hidden). It didn’t seem to recognize hidden folders.

If you prefer to keep the .bat files in the same folder, you can also rename them to .exe for an extra advantage. They’ll stop working until you rename them to .bat again. Chances of others suspecting that it’s a renamed .bat file = almost nil

By: umair

umair — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:30:32 +0000

I locked a folder with this method called “paint” and now when I try to open it, it opens the Control Panel. How can I open the folder now?