How to create a Password Protected Folder in Windows

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·[FONT=&quot] Create a new folder and name it whatever you would like. [/FONT]
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·[FONT=&quot] Open the folder, right-click on a blank area in it, then select New -> Text Document from the pop-up menu. [/FONT]
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·[FONT=&quot] Open the text file you just created by double-clicking it and copy/paste in the following text: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]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_GOES_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
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·[FONT=&quot] In the above code, replace the key PASSWORD_GOES_HERE with the password you want to use to unlock the folder. For example if you want the password to be 123456, the line should look like: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]if NOT %pass%== 123456 goto FAIL [/FONT]
·[FONT=&quot] Save your new file in the .bat format with the complete file name being locker.bat. To do this, make sure to change the Save as type: to All Files (*.*). [/FONT]
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·[FONT=&quot] In the folder you created back in Step #1, double click the locker.bat file and there will now be a new folder named Private where you can put anything you want. [/FONT]
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·[FONT=&quot] Upon exiting, double click the locker.bat file again. It will prompt you to answer whether you want to lock your folder or not. Press Y and the private folder will disappear. [/FONT]
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·[FONT=&quot] In order to retrieve the Private folder, all you have to do is double click the locker.bat file and enter the password which you set in Step #4 and the folder will appear again for you to access.
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