In this article, I will tell you a trick that will help you lock and hide any folder without installing any third-party software. With just a simple .bat file, you can protect your folders easily. Whenever you want to open the protected folder, a password will be required before the folder becomes visible and accessible. So, without further delay, follow the steps given below to password protect a folder :
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<li>First of all, open the folder you want to secure with a password. You can see in the below animation that I&rsquo;ve created a folder named &ldquo;Demo,&rdquo; which consists of an image and an HTML file.</li>
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<li>Now, create a new text file inside the same folder. You can name the text file according to your choice. I&rsquo;m naming it &ldquo;LockedFolder.txt.&rdquo;</li>
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<li><a href="https://gist.github.com/pknowledge/1feef32fa21475eb9742ea247aefe1af#file-folderlock-bat">Click here</a>, and you&rsquo;ll be redirected to a GitHub repository. Copy the code given on the repo and paste it into the text file that you&rsquo;ve created in the last step.</li>
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<li>Now, open the text file and move your cursor to line number 21(if NOT %pass%== YOUR-PASSWORD goto FAIL). Replace YOUR-PASSWORD with the password of your choice. In the below animation, you can see that I&rsquo;ve used &ldquo;DemoPass&rdquo; as my password.</li>
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<li>Now, click on the File option in the top left corner. Click on the Save as button and save the file as &ldquo;LockedFolder.bat.&rdquo;</li>
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<li>Now, double click on the &ldquo;LockedFolder.bat,&rdquo; and a folder named &ldquo;Private&rdquo; will be created automatically.</li>
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<li>Move all the files you want to hide inside the Private folder that we&rsquo;ve just created in the last step.</li>
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<li>Again double click on the &ldquo;LockedFolder.bat&rdquo; A command prompt window will open asking you that &ldquo;Are you sure you want to lock this folder?&rdquo;. Type Y and hit enter as shown in the below animation.</li>
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<li>Once you hit enter, your Private folder will be automatically hidden, and only LockedFolder.bat will be visible to you.</li>
<li>To open your secured folder, double click on the LockedFolder.bat file. A command prompt window will open asking you the password of the secured folder.</li>
<li>Type the password and hit enter. Once you do that, your hidden folder will be displayed to you successfully.</li>
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<li>If you want to hide your Private folder again, all you need to do is double-click on the &ldquo;LockedFolder.bat&rdquo; file again.</li>
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So that&rsquo;s how you can easily hide your private files without using any additional software.

How to Password Protect a Folder in Windows 10 Without Any Additional Software

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