26. How to hide secret documents?

 

Secret documents and confidential information that many people save on their PC like business details, Credit Card numbers and passwords, record of tax details, critical financial information and important office files and other documents are important enough to be protected with a password to prevent unauthorized access.

 

Folder Lock hides files, documents, drives, secret folders, pictures and images at once and does the job perfectly without taking huge amount of system resources and without taking too much time. Folder Lock is faster, more reliable and more secure because it uses different layers of locking and encryption technologies in real-time and ensures complete security of your secret documents.

 

Folder Lock can lock and encrypt secret documents and secret folders for example; Microsoft Office files, PDF files, ZIP / RAR files or any kind of image files (jpg, bmp, gif), and hide them in such a way that even if someone tries to search for them using a sophisticated software program, he would end up with no result.

 

Follow these steps to hide your secret documents and files:

 

• • Download Folder Lock latest version to your PC and install it.
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• • Once you are done with the installation, run the program. For the first time, the program will ask you to set a password. Now enter a password that is easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess. We recommend you to have at least a 6-digit length password, with both numbers and alphabets in it.
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• • Enter the same password again in the confirmation password screen. Once your password is confirmed, you are taken to Folder Lock's main function area.
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• • Folder lock provides two different level of protecting your files, folders and drives.
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• 1. Encrypt
• 2. Lock
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• • You can choose the method of protection by clicking respective tab present on the upper side of the Folder Lock.
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• • To hide files and folders through locking mechanism, click ‘Lock’ tab

 

 

 

• • To add files, folders and drives to your locker, click ‘Add Folder and Drives’, a screen shows all the files, folders and drives present in your PC. You can either ‘drag and drop items’ to your locker or you can also use the ‘Add’ button to add drives to your locker.
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• • Once you have done with the selection, click ‘Lock Now’ 
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• • To finish, click ‘Close to Protect’.

 

 

• • However, if you choose to hide files and folders using 256-bit AES encryption algorithm click ‘Encrypt’ tab.
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• • Now to add files and folders to your locker you wish to hide, click ‘Add Files and Folders’, here you can either drag and drop files and folders in the right pane or you can use ‘Add' button to add your files here.
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• • Folder Lock offers you three different methods to transfer your files into your locker.
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• 1. Move Data
• 2. Leave a Copy
• 3. Move after Shredding
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• • To make your files and folders hidden completely select either ‘Move Data’ or ‘Move after Shredding’. 
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• • To choose a method, go to Options > General Settings > Transfer Method option. Use ‘Move Data’ if you wish to transfer your files and folders to the Locker otherwise use ‘Leave a Copy’ if you wish to keep a copy at the original location. Furthermore, you can set the option shred (to always secure delete) your files. This can be done by choosing ‘Move after Shredding’ from the ‘General Settings’.
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• • When you are done adding files and folders in the Locker, click ‘Encrypt Now’, this will create an encrypted Locker.
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• • Click ‘Close to Protect’ and all your files and folders in it will be instantly hidden and encrypted with strong 256-bit AES Encryption.