Comments on: Password Protect Folders in Windows without using 3rd-party software

By: alex

alex — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:47:00 +0000

There is a problem. When the preview pane is open and you single click to highlight the folderlocker file it shows the code and therefore the password!

Is there any way to stop this?

By: Jonah Madeya

Jonah Madeya — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 12:30:00 +0000

In reply to Bilalzzz. Don't sweat, you can still access those files with most softwares (filezilla...) and open/copy/move them. if you want to encrypt, compress with password. if you just want to hide from the beta user, right-click > properties > check hidden, then show/hide them from the Folder Options in Control Panel.

By: Bilalzzz

Bilalzzz — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:40:00 +0000

NOT WORKING ??? I HAVE TRIED THAT FEW TIMES BUT STILL WHEN I DOUBLE CLICK MY LOCKED OR PRIVATE FOLDER , IT OPENS AND I CAN SEE MY PRIVATE DOCS WHICH I WANT TO HIDE OR LOCK !!!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:45:00 +0000

When I enter Y to lock the private folder with files in it, I get an access denied message in the cmd terminal, but it works just fine when the private folder is empty. Please help, not really useful if i cant lock it…

By: Claire Davidson

Claire Davidson — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:40:00 +0000

I “locked” mine with this method. Then within 30 seconds, and without using the file again to unlock it, I had opened it and made it fully visible again. This method will ONLY PROTECT YOU FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PC SAVVY. I promise you, any half decent PC user with a knowledge of Explorer view settings and the “Attrib” command will have all of your “secure” data fully available within seconds.