How To Protect A Folder With Password In Windows

This post will definitely helps you a lot . We always want our files safe and private. As we have to share our laptops and pc with our friends at that time it is important to secure and protect some of our private data which we won’t want to share with them.

Steps To Protect a Folder With Folder Protection:

• Click Start and Open Notepad.
• Copy the below code and paste it in the notepad
• cls
  @ECHO OFF
  title Folder Private
  if EXIST “TechViral Locker” 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 “TechViral Locker”
  attrib +h +s “TechViral Locker”
  echo Folder locked
  goto End
  :UNLOCK
  echo Enter password to unlock folder
  set/p “pass=>”
  if NOT %pass%== techviral goto FAIL
  attrib -h -s “TechViral Locker”
  ren “TechViral Locker” Private
  echo Folder Unlocked successfully
  goto End
  :FAIL
  echo Invalid password
  goto end
  :MDLOCKER
  md Private
  echo Private created successfully
  goto End
  :End 

• Now save it as Folderlock.bat.
• Now run the FolderLock.bat at the saved location now a folder named “Private” will be created at that directory.
• Now place you files which you want to protect in the “Private” folder.
• Now again double click the Flock file and it will ask you do you want to lock (Y/N).
• Type Y and the press enter, Folder “Pirvate” will then gets hide.
• Now again click on the FolderLock.bat file and it will ask you the unlock password and the password 
• Thats it you folder is now secured with password everytime you want to secure your files run the FolderLock.bat and place your files in the “Private” folder and again run FolderLock.bat file which will hide the folder “Private“.