How to Lock a Folder on Windows 10 with Password

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How to Lock a Folder on Windows 10 with Password

7 December 2017 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

Summary
There are many way to lock a folder on Windows 10. But which one is safer and easier to use? Here we list how to lock a folder on Windows 10 with different most accepted methods on the Internet. Help you find a suitable one!

Saving personal files and documents in personal computer is very common for us. No matter you are using Windows 7, Windows 8 or even the latest Windows 10, protecting these personal files and folders should be an inevitable task. You may asked how to protect folder in Windows in a safer way? Of course it is to lock the folder with password which is known by yourself.

Here we are going to introduce how to lock a folder on Windows 10 with password.

Click here to get how to lock folder in Windows 7 if you are using Windows 7.

How to Lock a Folder on Windows 10 with:

Method 1: Professional Folder Lock software – Renee File Protector(How to Lock Folder)

Provide overall protection to your data in local disk and external disk. Adopted AES256 encryption, users can enjoy lock/hide folder/files in different storage devices in minutes but get professional protecton.

Convenience: ★★★★☆	Processing time: ★★★★★
Safety: ★★★★☆	Difficulty of crack: ★★★★★

Method 2: Script(How to Lock)

Locking folder in Windows 10 with script is not so easy. You need to go through many settings and editing steps. Actually, it just hide the folder with password and easy to get it without password.

Convenience: ★★☆☆☆	Processing time: ★★★★★
Safety: ★☆☆☆☆	Difficulty of crack: ★☆☆☆☆

Method 3: Built-in Account Authority(How to Lock)

If others login with the same account, you data can be accessed wihout any protection.

Convenience: ★★☆☆☆	Processing time: ★★★★☆
Safety: ★★☆☆☆	Difficulty of crack: ★★☆☆☆

Method 1: [Free Trial] Lock Folder on Windows 10 with Renee File Protector

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Protection for External Memory Devices: Password protect files/folders in external memory devices like SD card, external disk, memory card and USB.

Protection for Shared Folder: Lock shared folder with password to ensure the right people get access to the files inside.

Hide Data: Hide files/folders/partitions in local disk. Even “Show hidden files/folders” was enabled in Windows, the protected data will not be shown.

Lock Data in Local Disk: Prevent the password protected files/folders/paritions from unauthorized access in steps.

Monitor: Any activity of the targets which has been added to the monitor list will be recorded. You can check the log at anytime.

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Here, I think most of you are interested in how to lock folder with password. Let us get more about how Renee File Protector works here.

How to Lock a Folder on Windows 10 with Renee File Protector

Folder locked with this method will not be password-protected after the uninstall of Renee File Protector. Of course, only you enter the correct password, the uninstall of Renee File Protector will be processed.

The first time you use Renee File Protector after installation, you will be required to set the master password and the email address.

set master password for renee file protector

Step 1: Launch Renee File Protector and go to “Lock File” in “Hard disk”.

Step 2: Click “Lock Folder” and then select the target folder in the pop up browser.

Step 3: Renee File Protector will lock the selected folder once you confirm.

You can also lock target folder via right-clicking it. Please click “Renee File Protector” and then “Lock(Deny read/write/run)” in the menu. Then the folder will be locked once you enter correct master password of Renee File Protector.

Step 4: You will be notified that the target folder is not accessible when you double click it. Enter the master password in the pop-up window. Then you are able to get access to the data inside.

Locking folder with Renee File Protector is so easy and secured. Without authority or correct password, nobody could get into the protected folder. You can lock multiple folders in different partitions with Renee File Protector. Besides, it is hard to break the locking folder here. Get it now!

Locking Theory of Renee File Protector

Lock function of Renee File Protector:
It lock folder with password and control the access to target folder with file system driver. Whole locking process will not modify data inside the folder. Besides, it will not limit the number of the files/folders you want to lock.

Possibility of Cracking

Brute force is inevitable challenge for every encryption software. Renee File Protector always gets ready for different challenges. Thanks to the limitation from file system drive, others can not copy the protected folder to other place.

Besides, users can make security settings in “Security” to master the cracking activity. You can get email notification and lock the account for 10 minutes once users enter wrong password more than 5 times.

Method 2: [Free] Lock a Folder on Windows with Script

This methods lock folders with system script. It will modify the property of folder and rename the target folder, which will hide the folder at last. Once you enter the password in script file, the folder will be shown. This is one of the free method which can lock a specific folder.

Advantages:
Easy to go. The only thing you need to do is to save the script and make the operation. It does not need any complicated operation or professional knowledge. Besides, whole process will not take too much time. It is enough to prevent unauthorized access from those who do not know much about computer, especially for housewife and children.

Disadvantages:
Easy to crack. Does not support to lock a batch of folder at a time. (Click to get how to crack the script protection.)

How to Lock Folder

>> Create Script file.

Please save the following content as “lock.bat” (Use Notepad). Or you can download the script that we have make (Click here to download).

cls
@ECHO OFF

title Folder Private
if EXIST “Control Panel.{11EC1999-8888-3333-EEEEE-01003A305237}” goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM
echo Are You Sure You Want To Lock The Folder (name:Private) (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.{11EC1999-8888-3333-EEEEE-01003A305237}”
attrib +h +s “Control Panel.{11EC1999-8888-3333-EEEEE-01003A305237}”
echo Folder Locked.
goto END

:UNLOCK
echo Enter Password To Unlock Folder
set/p “pass=>”
if NOT %pass%==PASS goto FAIL

attrib -h -s “Control Panel.{11EC1999-8888-3333-EEEEE-01003A305237}”
ren “Control Panel.{11EC1999-8888-3333-EEEEE-01003A305237}” Private
echo Folder Unlocked Successfully
goto END

:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private Created Successfully
goto END

:END

>> Change Password and Folder Name

With the text pasted in, you can adjust the locked folder’s name as well as the password used to unlock it. The default folder name is “Private” and the default password is “Pass”. You can find and adjust them in the “lock.bat” file.

Change folder password in script.

Change folder name in script.

>> Save files in Target Folder

After saving the “lock.bat”, please double-click it and then a new folder named “Private” will be created in the same catalog. Please put the files or folders into “Private”.

>> How to Lock the “Private” Folder

Step 1: Double-click “lock.bat” and enter “y” in the pop up Window.

Step 2: Hit “Enter” and you will find that the folder ”Private” has disappeared.

>> How to Show the Hidden and Locked Folder?

Step 1: Double-click “lock.bat” again.

Step 2: Enter the password you set in the pop up window and hit “Enter”.

Step 3: Wow, the disappeared folder is shown again.

How to Crack Folder

It is very easy to get this folder even you do not get the “lock.bat” file. All you need to do is to show all hidden files, folders and drive in browser.

Step 1: Hit “Win” and “E” button, please click “Organize” -> “Folder and search option”. (Here is the process in Windows 7). If you are using Windows 10, the “Folder and search option” could be found in “File” item.

Step 2: Please check the 3 items which has been highlighted in the picture. And click ok.

select items which can show the locked folder with script

Step 3: Then the hidden folder will be shown but with another name.

It is just so easy to crack the folder protected with script. Too easy to be cracked? Want to get a more secure and convenience solution? Click here!

Method 3: [Free] How to Lock a Folder with Account Authority in Windows 10

This method only worked for computer which has different accounts with different privilege. If there is only one account in your PC, then this method will not work. The principle of this method is to make use of the built-in account settings in Windows. Once you encrypt the folder with the “Compress or Encrypt attributes” function, all the data you add to this folder will be encrypted automatically.

It is easy to use. But please note that the folder name is not encrypted. Of course, this method is free as well.

Advantages:
Easy and convenience. No need to install any third-party software.

Disadvantages:
Others account can still get to know the name of this folder. It is not so good to protect private files. Besides, you need to make set up for different account. Sometimes it is not so convenience.

How to Lock Folder

Step 1: Right-click the folder you want to encrypt. And click “Properties”.

Step 2: Choose “Advanced” on the pop up window. Then please check the item “Encrypt contents to secure data” and click “OK”.

click advanced in properties of target folder

Step 3: Then Windows will encrypt data inside this folder.

choose encrypt to secure data to lock target folder

Step 4: If you want to access the data inside this folder.

If you want to access the locked folder, please login the related account which you used to lock the folder. Others login with different account can not access the data inside. (But they can get the folder name. )

How to Crack Folder

You need a offline Windows password cracking tools like “Ophcrack” (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/). Then you need to create a bootable USB disk or CD. And boot the target PC with this disk. Then Ophcrack will help you get the password of this account.

Here, it just take 2 minutes and we can get the password to login the target account. It is so easy to access your personal files. It is not safe to take this solution? Now you can take the following tips into consideration.

Want to password protect folder with a method which is more convenience, better security and do not need to go through too many setting process? Click here to get a perfect solution!

Can not make decision on how to lock a folder on Windows 10 with password? Why not try all of them and then choose the suitable one? Now, go through the first step: Download and install Renee File Protector on your Windows 10 computer.