How to Password-Protect Folder in Windows

There are quite a few ways to password-protect folders in Windows, but most of them rely on pricey third-party software. Below, we have listed a couple of ways to password-protect a folder: one without using any eternal software and the other using a free third-party software.

1. Create a new folder and name it (we'll use the name private).

Open that folder, and create a new "Text Document" in this folder. Go to the link goo.gl/Folder-Code and copy/paste the code in this opened text document.

2. Don't close the document. Find "PASSWORD_GOES_HERE" in the code you pasted and replace it with the password you want.

It should look like "if NOT %pass%==0213 goto FAIL". Here 0123 is the password.

3. Go to "Save As" by clicking the "File" option in the Title Bar.

4. Change the File type from "Text Document.txt" to "All Files" and change the name of text document to "Locker.bat". Save the file.

5.  Go inside the folder that was created in the first step, open "Locker.bat". A new folder called "Private" will now start showing up.

6. To lock the "Private" folder, double click "Locker.bat" and Press "Y".

7. To unlock it, double click "Locker.bat" and enter the previously-specified password.

Through this method, your private folder will only be visible when you launch Locker.bat and enter the correct password. We would suggest creating this folder in a less obvious location. And don't worry, the text document (in which you entered the password) that resides besides the Locker.bat file will appear to be empty if opened later on (by you or some other nosy person!)

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