Create Password Protected File Or Folder In Windows 7 Without Any Software

For those who want a lot of privacy and want to lock their file with a password, here is a trick.

Create a folder and name it according to your desire.

Open the folder, right-click on a blank area in it, then select New -> Text Document from the pop-up menu.

Open the text file you just created by double-clicking it and copy/paste in the following text:

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%== esshan 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

:End

In the above code, replace the key esshan with the password you want to use to unlock the folder.

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 (*.*).

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.

 

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.

 

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.

Note : Don't forget to move locker.bat file from the original folder, it is like a key which you should carry with you, because anyone who knows a bit about scripting can look into that script and find the password.

It's your choice, which way you like.