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How to Simply Lock and Unlock your Folder

slavezero — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:21:55 +0000

Last January I wrote a trick on how you can simply make your valuable folders invisible. This time a folder trick that will lock your Windows folder. We will create a lock program and unlocking program. This trick will be very useful if you don’t want your friends, family members or other people that are sharing your computer to access your precious files.

Follow this simple steps to lock and unlock your folder.

1. Create a folder on your desktop and name it as folder

2. First we will create a program that will lock your folder. Open your Notepad then copy and paste the code below
ren folder folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

3. Save it as lock.bat

4. We now have a lock program, We will create a program that will unlock your folder. Open your notepad again then copy and paste the code below.
ren folder.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} folder

5. Save it as unlock.bat

It’s done.

To lock your folder just double click on the lock.bat program, to unlock it just double click on the unlock.bat program. Just remember to hide your unlock program or else locking your folder will be useless. Whenever you want to unlock your folder just paste your unlock.bat program on your desktop.

Hiding folders – How to create an invisible folder

slavezero — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:29 +0000

Do you ever wonder how you can easily hide your folder without using any software?. Hiding your folders is a simple way of keeping prying eyes away from your private documents. This is very useful if you share your computer with friends, coworkers, spouse, children or your computer is always connected to the Internet. Here is a simple trick to easily hide your folder without the use of any folder protection software. This works on XP and Vista.

First step is to create a folder. I don’t recommend creating a hidden folder on the desktop because it shows up a second or two upon startup. On the image below I created a folder on drive C:.

Now, you will have to name your folder. Make sure your NUMLOCK is On. Press ALT+255. This will actually produce a character that looks like a space but it is not a space.

After naming your folder, right your folder then choose properties. Under the customize tab click change icon. Scroll through the icons until you find one that has no image.

Click OK and your done. You now have an invisible folder.

You access your hidden folder by entering the path of the invisible folder in the address bar.

ex. C:\ALT+255