Password Protect Any Folder Without Any Software

In my previous post i have teach you to hide files behind images. In this tutorial i will show you interesting and use-full trick to password protect folder without using any software using batch file programming. This trick will work on all windows platform (Win XP, Win 7). Follow below tutorial to learn this trick.

How To Lock Folder ?

   1. Open Notepad and Copy code given below into it.

cls
@ECHO OFF
title SaS-TecH
if EXIST "Folder Locker" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST SaS-TecH 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 SaS-TecH "Folder Locker"
attrib +h +s "Folder Locker"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==sas-tech goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Folder Locker"
ren "Folder Locker" SaS-TecH
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md SaS-TecH
echo SaS-TecH created successfully
goto End
:End

   2. Save the notepad file as lock.bat (.bat is must)

   3. Now double click on lock.bat and a new folder will be created with name SaS-TecH

   4. Copy all your data you want to protect in that New folder

   5. Now double click on lock.bat and when command promp appears Type Y and press enter.

   6. Now SaS-TecH will be hidden from you view, to access that folde double click on lock.bat

   7. It will ask for password enter your password and done. (Default password is sas-tech)

• To change the password replace sas-tech with  new password in the above code

How To Further Secure ?

You might be thinking that anyone can access the password by opening that lock.bat file in Notepad or any other text editor. To make it more secure hide lock.bat in some secure location after following the above tutorial To access the secured file double click on lock.bat. I would suggest copying lock.bat file into Pen-drive and copying it into your computer whenever you required to access to your protected files.