It can’t be seen even if you turn on the option to show hidden files. You’ll notice the Locker folder is no more visible.Type ‘ Y‘ in the command prompt window and hit Enter. When you’re done, double-click the FolderLock.bat file again and this time you’ll be asked if you want to lock the folder. Drag and drop all the files you want to hide and lock into the folder.Now double-click on the FolderLock.bat file and a new folder named Locker will be created.For the sake of this article, we’re going with FolderLock.bat. Also, you can name the file FolderLock.bat or anything else you want with the extension. You can now delete the text file you earlier created. Now type FolderLock.bat in the File name field and click Save.Click File > Save As… and then in the popup window select All files from the drop-down menu next to the label Save as type.For instance, if you want the password to be 12345, replace Your-Password-Here with 12345 as shown below. Replace Your-Password-Here with the password you want to set for the locked folder. In the text file, find the text Your-Password-Here.

Copy and paste the text below into your newly created text OFF title Folder Locker if EXIST 'Control Panel.' Locker echo Folder Unlocked successfully goto End :FAIL echo Invalid password goto end :MDLOCKER md Locker echo Locker created successfully.

This way you won’t have to delete the newly created text file later.

Once created, double-click on the text file to open it. Alternatively, you can simply open Notepad from the Start menu and skip directly to step 4.

Name the file anything you want or just hit Enter.

You can even do this on the desktop if you want.

Right-click inside a drive or folder where you would like to place your locked folder and select New > Text Document from the context menu.

Useful tip: How to Shutdown Windows 10 without Installing Updates Locking Folder on Windows 10 So this isn’t meant to keep tech-savvy folks out, just nosy family members or friends who you don’t trust. Also, it is possible that someone who understands the process can reverse engineer the process. It’d be best to test this out first on a folder that isn’t important.

While this is a tried and tested method we still can’t take any responsibility for lost files or folders.

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