How to install a password on the folder?

Some to hide information just hideIts files and folders are standard operating system tools. But to open hidden files and folders is very simple, so this protection is very unreliable. But if you install a password on the folder, then it will be more difficult to access it. How to do it?

The first method works only if you have your own account in the system, password-protected, while the rest of the users work withother accounts or in general with a guest, and do not have access to your account. In addition, this method works only for those folders that are located on disks with the NTFS file system.

To install a password on the folder, right-click on it and select "Properties" from the context menu. Select the "Access" tab, check the "Unshare this folder". Confirm the request for the password, enter the password and save the changes.

In the case of small folders and files, you can use the WinRar archiver. However, in this case you will put the password not on the folder, but on the archive. And to get access to the password-protected folder yourself, you need to first extract it from the archive.

To install a password on the folder using WinRar, it is first necessary, naturally, to establish thisarchiver, if you have not already done so. Then right-click on the folder and select "Add to archive ..." in the context menu. The window for creating an archive will open, go to the "Advanced" tab. Click the "Set Password" button.

In the opened window double-enter the password in the appropriate fields. The password should be quite complex, it is desirable that it had different types of characters: numbers, upper and lowercase Latin letters, special characters. Click OK and archive the folder.

You can also set a password on the folder on the help of third-party programs. There are a great many such programs,there are both paid and free. It is clear that the paid functionality will be wider, but for simple protection of the folder with a password you will have enough free software functionality.

One such program is called My Folder. It weighs only one and a half megabytes. You can password-protect folders on your computer and on a USB flash drive, the maximum size of the folder protected by the password is 100 GB. Supported operating systems Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (32-bit versions).

Another program - Instant Lock. It not only allows you to install on a folderpassword, but also make it completely invisible to other users, and protected files can not be accessed even from a secure mode. The program runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The interface is English, but it's easy to understand.

The process of installing the program is standard. When you first start, you will be prompted to enter a master password to access the program. To hide the folder, click the Add button, select the folder and click OK.. It will appear in the list of hidden folders. To open it, select the line with the mouse with the folder and press Open, and to lock it again - Locked. Delete a folder from the list so that it can be seen again, using the Remove button.

True, the program is not completely free. The trial version does not allow you to block USB flash drives, disk drives and network drives, the maximum number of folders that can be blocked in it - 5.

You can try other programs, for example, SonySoft Folder Lock, Folder Lockbox, Microsoft Private Folder and others. As you can see, There are several ways to set a password on a folder, each of them has its advantages and disadvantages.