Securing Confidential Data is a basic requirement of everyone. This can also be done through available Softwares on Internet. Now i will share a method to Lock folders Without using any Software.This Trick will work in windows XP,Vista and Windows 7.
How to do it?
*. Open Notepad ( Start->Run->Notepad)*. Copy the Code below and Paste it into Notepad .
cls
:End
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
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%==Techblogazine 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
*. Password for the above batch file is set to Techblogazine . You can change it to anything by editing Techblogazine to your choice in following line:
if NOT %pass%== Techblogazine goto FAIL
*. Now Save this file with a name anyname.bat (here .bat is the extension). I am choosing Techblogazine.bat as my file name in this tutorial.
*. Now a Bat file is created.
*. Now double click on bat file and it will ask you for password and Enter Password (for the above code it is Techblogazine).
*. Now you will see a folder named LOCKER in the same location where you saved anyname.bat (Techblogazine.bat here) file.
*. Open it and fill it with the data you wanna hide.
*. When you are done with the above press Y in the bat file and hit Enter.
*. Now Close this Bat file window and locker folder will hide itself.
*. Again to Edit Locker Folder double click Techblogazine.bat file and enter password .
You can do it as many times as you want. :)
