majithia23 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 hey techies ,how to password protect any one particular folder ?i dont want to archive it or compress it ( with 7zip or winrar ) and also not put it under windows uac .is there a way , by which we can protect any one single folder in windows with a password ?i mean , every time we click on the folder and it should ask for a password before displaying its contents >>>>thanks .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucker Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Here is one from karachidude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerx Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 u can use program such as: FOLDER GUARD or LOCK FOLDER XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 In my experience pretty much all these programs are useless, the only effective way I tried is to use encrypted containers, I use TrueCrypt (which is free) to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 AxCrypt does the job perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 bitlocker which are in vista & 7 is good way to kiss goodbye to all ur data by forgetting ur pass. uhm. yeah. or losing that usb key.i'd just create a password protected rar, but u said u don't want to.. why? it's good way to hide ur pr0n, err.. i mean important documents. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 19, 2009 Administrator Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well I'm usin a free software called Microsoft Private Folder that is not easily available on the internet. But I really recommend, if you want it I will upload it for you. But yea I want to know a way I can lock a folder by not usin any software's special locking folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well I'm usin a free software called Microsoft Private Folder that is not easily available on the internet. But I really recommend, if you want it I will upload it for you. But yea I want to know a way I can lock a folder by not usin any software's special locking folder.Not easily available? The first result in google gave me a working download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 19, 2009 Administrator Share Posted October 19, 2009 ANW here is the Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Private_FolderIt's only for XP, and XP should be genuine, I have cracked it, if you want it, PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 not easy to find? i googled it in a few secs.. :rolleyes: but i don't have xp to test it and supposedly u can even use the uncracked one, but just install it with quiet switch and it should work, but anyhoo.. here:wtf: http://www.mediafire.comsharepwnage: /?tk3ncjuug3j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 19, 2009 Administrator Share Posted October 19, 2009 Is it the cracked one?I'm not sayin patch but I'm sayin cracked. I have cracked it myself by some editin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majithia23 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Here is one from karachidude.In my experience pretty much all these programs are useless, the only effective way I tried is to use encrypted containers, I use TrueCrypt (which is free) to do so.AxCrypt does the job perfectlybitlocker which are in vista & 7 is good way to kiss goodbye to all ur data by forgetting ur pass. uhm. yeah. or losing that usb key.i'd just create a password protected rar, but u said u don't want to.. why? it's good way to hide ur pr0n, err.. i mean important documents. :PWell I'm usin a free software called Microsoft Private Folder that is not easily available on the internet. But I really recommend, if you want it I will upload it for you. But yea I want to know a way I can lock a folder by not usin any software's special locking folder.allright , thanks tucker for guiding to the karachidude post .the .bat file is a really good way of hiding and locking a folder .just create a .bat file and then run it to create a private folder , transfer all your porn errr.. :D i mean any private and important documents to it and again run it to lock and hide it with a password !thats stealth with panache ! :ph34r: thanks karachidude ..@dkt ,try it , if u dont want any software for locking a folder...@manpe axcrypt is good in encrypting and decrypting any file in one click , but it doesnt lock a folder , but the contents inside the folder.!or did i do something wrong and there is a way ?????@ lohengrin ,, and didnt go for true crypt .used to use true crypt sometime back ,, but somewhat was not comfortable with it ...just wanted to know a method other than rar and zips .thanks guys for your help .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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