how to password protect your folder

[agaitu]

i would like to share "how to password protect the folder using dos"

Follow these instruction.

1. Open Notepad and copy the code below
2. Change your password in the code it's shown the place where to type your password.
3. Save file as locker.bat
4. Now double click on locker.bat
5. I t will create folder with locker automatically for you. After creation of the locker folder, place the contents you want to lock inside the locker folder and run locker.bat again .

<---The code, copy the whole thing---->

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%== type your password here 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

Yeah, you can save you private data for free but here the catch, you can edit your password by right clicking the bat file and select "edit". In order to prevent someone changing your password, try change the file name and extension such as "system.dat".

[Jesse]

Nice Tutorial. But why don't use programs that password protect folders i think there are a lots for free and some are not free.

[QuwenQ]

I'll stick with TrueCrypt.
But thanks, nice Tutorial, if you wrote it.

[Swiblet]

This is using the same tactic that Microsoft uses to password protect the System Restore files, huh? Sounds like it. This is very useful, but I find locking programs much easier, and I'm a lazy person. Thanks for the info, though =)

~~B3N

[DaveDaDon]

Well um. This is useless if you have "SHOW ALL HIDDEN FILES & FOLDERS"

but its kinda cool though

[Sohail]

That's pretty neat!

[manzoor]

hey nice tut probably will be trying it