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Password protected folders without programs?
Back in Windows XP, there was a trick to make a folder totally inacessible. It was a bat file with comands that would change the name of the folder to some special name, which would make the folder inacessible, and not localizable through "Find (F3)". The code of this bat was the following:
There's some flaws in that method: the person could enable seeing the hidden folders and extensions, and just remove the code at the end of the folder, to make it accessible. Or the person could check the bat file for the password, but this could be resolved by compiling the bat file to an exe. Anyway it's nice for hidding files from casual computer users.Code:Quote: 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%== password here 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
Well, the fact is that it doesn't work in Vista or 7. Is there any other "special name" that could be replaced by that one, in order to make it work on Win7?