How To Password Protect a Folder in Windows 10

We all have a lot of secret things to keep away from others. This could be some stories, some pics, some videos or some files, etc. Whatever it may be for the future self reference we have to keep it safe. We use to store these secret things in our PC or Smartphones. There are a lot of folder lock apps, file locker app etc are available for both PC and smartphones to hide or secure folder with these kind of secret files. In smartphones some of the folder lock apps are paid some are free. Even though they are free they may not provide full features in free app we have to buy their apps premium version in order to fully password protect a folder.

Likewise in windows 10 PC also these kind of folder hiding or password protecting apps are available but almost app’s are paid version. Like me if you are trying to find a simple way to securely protect your files with password, you are on tthe right place.

Here we are discussing about a simple trick to password protect a folder with your secret files including images, videos or any kind of files for free.

Note:
Its a very simple and efficient trick everyone with simple PC knowledege can do this trick. Even though Keeping a view on your secret and valuable files, before doing this trick with the actual files you have to do it with a unimportant files

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1 Steps to password protect a folder or secure your secret file’s

1.1 How To Password Protect a Folder in Windows 10 watch on Youtube

Steps to password protect a folder or secure your secret file’s

1. Right-click inside the folder where the files you want to protect are located. Even the folder’s to hide can be on the desktop.

2. Select “New” from the contextual menu.

3. Click on “Text Document.”

4. Hit Enter. It doesn’t matter what the file will be named. You can delete this text file once the lockable folder has been made

5. Double-click the text file to open it.

6. Paste the below text into the new document:

cls

@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%==your_password 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

7. Find where it says “Your-Password-Here” in the document.