20. How to Password Protect a Folder?
Folder Lock is the top most selling file encryption software available in the market offering more than twenty privacy protecting features including Operating System independent locking protection, fastest 256-bit on the fly AES encryption, secure shredding and portability. With Folder Lock you can password protect files and folders, even all local drives of your PC and additional its portability feature lets you protect your external storage devices like USB flash drive, thumb drive, memory cards, CDs and DVDs.
When you password protect a folder with Folder Lock, you not only make that folder inaccessible but also prevent viruses, hacker tools, trojans, malware, spyware, malicious programs and other harmful scripts accessing your important files and folders. It will also thwart any illegal copy of your secret stuff.
Folder Lock offers a hassle free way of password protecting files, folders and drives within seconds. Follow these easy steps to password protect a folder:
- • Download Folder Lock latest version to your PC and install it.
- • Run the software. If you are using Folder Lock for the first time, click ‘Create a New Locker’ and ‘Set a New Password’ Screen appears.
- • Set and confirm a password for that locker. Make sure to set a strong password which is easy to remember but hard to guess. Password Meter will show you the strength of your password.
- • Enter your password and click ‘OK’
- • Folder lock provides two different level of protecting your files, folders and drives.
- 1. Encryption
- 2. Locking
- • You can choose the method of protection by clicking on the respective tab present on the upper side of the Folder Lock.
- • To protect your data using locking method, select ‘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.
- • Once you have done with the selection, click ‘Lock Now’
- • To finish, click ‘Close to Protect’.
