I am not sure about you but many times i need to hide some my personal stuff like pics, videos and much more. Today everyone knows about Windows hidden feature which is used to hide files so that is not too secured. Anyone can access your files by a single click on “show hidden files”. So nothing is secured today.

today’s post is all about how to create a password protected folder in windows and hide from others. No one can access the folder without password which you have created. there is a huge list of software which can do this task but i am a type of man that don’t feel better while using software for basic purpose. so i found a way for us….

watch video to better understand

so letz start now and follow below steps

Step : 1 – Change Windows Settings

you have to change some basic settings of your machine to create that password protected folder.

go to control panel > folder options > view

now mark on show hidden files, folders, and drives

Step : 2 – Create the password protected folder

just paste below code in notepad.

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%== your password 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

type password of your choice at the letters your password in above code

in above code and save that as “private.bat”

now once click on file private.bat and it will create a new folder named as private.

Step : -3 Lock the folder

click on private.bat and it will ask you to lock your folder

type y for yes and n for no

now your folder is locked

Step : -4 Open the folder

again click on private.bat and now it will ask you to enter your password

type the password and click enter

your folder is unlocked now

now fire up comments and tell me your experience about this technique.