How to Make a Folder Locker Using Notepad to Lock Your Folders

Saturday, April 5, 2014

How to Make a Folder Locker Using Notepad to Lock Your Folders

There are a lots of ways of hiding and locking files and folders. I have written some ways in my previous posts. Now I will show you the way to make a .bat file with Notepad Document to hide and lock your files and folders. You have to follow the steps given bellow to create a folder locker using notepad.

Step 01 Open a Notepad Document First

Open a Notepad Document and paste the following codes given below in the box. Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad or simply press Windows Key+R together to open a notepad document.

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker 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 Locker "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%==Type-Your-Password-Here goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End

Step 02 Provide Your Expected Password and Save

Look at the codes, there is written Type-Your-Password-Here in the 23rd line of the codes. You have to replace the red portion with your expected password. Now Save the Notepad Document as AnyName.bat file. You must have to add .bat extension. Bat extension represents Batch File.

Step 03 Keep Your Data in Locker Folder

Now keep the .bat file in a Drive where you want to hide a folder. Double click on the .bat file. A folder locker window will open asking you the password you have provided. A message will appear like this Enter password to Unlock folder. Type your provided password and press Enter. Then you will found a folder named Locker. Keep your files and folders inside of this folder named Locker.

Step 04 Lets Hide Your Files

Again double click on the .bat file. The Folder Locker window will open with a question like Are you sure you want to Lock the folder(Y/N). Now type Y and press the Enter Key from the keyboard. That means you have locked the folder named Locker. Look, now there is no any folder named Locker. Thus you may Lock and Hide your Files and Folder as much as you want. And there is no doubt about the security of your files and folders.

You may also hide and lock the files, folders and drives following the ways given below. All the ways I have suggested below is tested. I have personally tested them. So, hide and lock your Files and Folders and enjoy the protection.