How to lock folder without any software ?

Each and every one of us have his/her own privacy. In computer there is too privacy. May be you have some files which you don’t want others to access or want simply hide them.

In this article I will teach you a method through which you can lock any folder of your choice without using any program.

This trick of locking folder is divided into two parts: The lock and The Key. We will use notepad and will create our own program which will encrypt the folder of our choice, this is The Lock part. In The Key part we will create a program through notepad, this program will be used to decrypt locked folder. It is very simple technique: You have a lock and a key.

Here we go,

The Lock

To create program which will lock the folder follow the given steps:
Locking Folders:

1. Suppose you want to lock a folder John Cena which is present in the folder WWE of D:\ drive and it’s path is D:\WWE\John Cena
2. Open Notepad and and type the following code in it :-

ren “John Cena” “John“.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

In above code John Cena is the name of folder which is present in WWE folder of D: drive.

Now save the file as lockit.bat in the same folder or drive where folder you want to lock is present. In above example, we will save lockit.bat in D:\WWE

That’s it, we have created out Locking program now we have to create program which will unlock the folder.

The key

To create own program which will unlock the locked folder, follow the given steps:

1. The name folder which we want to unlock is John Cena.
2. Open Notepad and type in the following code in it :-

ren “John Cena“.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} “John Cena“

In the above code, John Cena is the folder which was locked and now we want to unlock it, you can replace John Cena with folder name you want.

3. Now save the file as unlockit.bat in the same drive/folder where your locked folder is.

That’s it we have created both lock and key.

How to lock the folder ?

To lock the folder just run lockit.bat, you will observe that the icon of your folder will change, it will look similar to Control Panel icon and if any one will try to open your folder then Control Panel open instead, Isn’t amazing ?

How to unlock the locked folder ?

Just run unlockit.bat file which you created and your folder will get unlocked.

That’s it.

Remember: lockit.bat and unlockit.bat should be on same location where your folder is present. For example if your Folder is Present inside C Drive then you should save lockit.bat and unlockit.bat in C drive and if your folder is present in C:Windows then you should also save your both the files there.

Tip: Hide unlockit.bat or move it to a place where no one can access it and when you want to unlock a folder then move unlockit.bat to the drive/folder where locked folder is present.

Enjoy !

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