HOW TO LOCK YOUR FOLDER WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to create a locked folder in Windows 7 – without installing any additional 3rd party software.

The steps below will guide you in creating a hidden and password protected folder, this method is not 100% secure. It will however deter the average computer user enough, but an advanced user may be able to access the contents of this folder.

HERE WE GO

1. Create a new folder and name it whatever you would like.


2. Open the folder, right-click on a blank area in it, then select New -> Text Document from the pop-up menu.


3. Open the text file you just created by double-clicking it and copy/paste in the following text:
   

   cls

   @ECHO OFF

   title Folder Private

   if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

   if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER

   :CONFIRM

   echo Are you sure you 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 Private "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%== PASSWORD_GOES_HERE goto FAIL

   attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

   ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private

   echo Folder Unlocked successfully

   goto End

   :FAIL

   echo Invalid password

   goto end

   :MDLOCKER

   md Private

   echo Private created successfully

   goto End

   :End

4. In the above code, replace the key PASSWORD_GOES_HERE with the password you want to use to unlock the folder. For example if you want the password to be 123456, the line should look like:
   

   if NOT %pass%== 123456 goto FAIL

5. Save your new file in the .bat format with the complete file name being locker.bat. To do this, make sure to change the Save as type: to All Files (*.*).

 

 6. In the folder you created back in Step #1, double click the locker.bat file and there will now be a new folder named Private where you can put anything you want.

7. Upon exiting, double click the locker.bat file again. It will prompt you to answer whether you want to lock your folder or not. Press Y and the private folder will disappear.

 

 8. In order to retrieve the Private folder, all you have to do is double click the locker.bat file and enter the password which you set in Step #4 and the folder will appear again for you to access.

 

9. That’s it!

 

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I received so many comments/complaints concerning my previous publication on HOW TO DECODE HUAWEI MODEMS. After some research works I decided to come out with this tutorial which I hope would help solve most of your problems.

STEPS.
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3. Ignore it and close the modem software.
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