How to Make Invisible Password Protected Folder
Submitted by Srikanth on Thursday, 10 December 200930 Comments
Do
you want to password protect your folder? Do you want to make it
invisible so that it remains unnoticed by the normal users? Well here
is a way to do that. In this post I will show you how to make a
password protected folder in Windows without using any additional
software. Here is is step by step procedure to create a password
protected folder.
How to create a Password Protected Folder
Step-1: Create a new folder (Right-click -> New -> Folder) and give it any name of your choice. For instance I name it as
ABC.
Step-2: Now in this folder place all the important files, documents or any folders that you want to password protect.
Step-3: Now Right-click on this folder (ABC) and select the option
Send To ->
Compressed (zipped) Folder.
Step-4: Now a new compressed zipped folder gets created next this folder (ABC) with the same name.
Step-5: Double-click on this compressed zipped folder and you should see your original folder (ABC) here.
Step-6: Now goto the
File menu and select the option
Add a password.
ie:
File ->
Add a password
Now a small window will pop up and here you can set your desired
password. Once the password is set, the folder will ask for the
password every time it is opened. Thus you have now created the
password protected folder.
How to make it Invisible
Step-1: Now Right-click on this password protected folder and select
Properties.
Step-2: At the bottom select the option
Hidden and press
OK. Now your folder gets invisible (hidden).
Step-3: In order to unhide this folder go to My Computer – >Tools
-> Folder options. Switch to View tab, scroll down and under
Hidden files and folders you’ll see the following two options
- Do not show hidden files and folders
- Show hidden files and folders
Now select the second option and press OK. Now the invisible folder
becomes visible in it’s location. To access it you need the password.
To make it invisible again repeat step -1 through step-3 and select the
first option and click OK. Now the folder becomes invisible once again.
I hope you like this post. Pass your comments!! Cheers
hidden folders not visible, even after i follow instructions in folder options to open hidden folders
same problem will try brontok removal tool and see if that helps?, was told to check if the folder is a shared folder? doen mean much to me
Hidden folders are not visible even after changing the folder options for viewing the hidden files and folders
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