1. How to Password Protect Folders?

 

Folder Lock as the name indicates enable you to password protect folders and files. Making files and folders password protected is the most common thing that comes in our mind when we wish to protect our data from unauthorized use. By making your files/folders and drives password protected, you ensure that no one can access your confidential data.

 

We at Newsoftwares.net, Inc. always aimed to give our customers complete security and satisfaction. Folder Lock is designed to ensure more security, more protection and complete user satisfaction. Drive, folder or File locked and encrypted using password locking protection of Folder Lock is completely safe and secured.

 

With Folder Lock, it is no longer a problem to password protect folders and drives. You can easily password protect folders and drives by using Folder Lock. Just follow these simple steps:

 

• • If you are using Folder Lock for the first time, click on the ‘Create a New Locker’ and ‘Set a New Password’ Screen    appears.
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• • Set 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.
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• • Enter your password and click ‘OK’
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• • Folder lock provides two different level of protecting your files and folders.
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• 1. Encryption
• 2. Locking
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• • Choose the method of protection by clicking on the respective tab present on the upper side of the folder lock.
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• • To protect your data using locking method, select the ‘Lock’ tab.
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• • To add files and folders to your locker, click on ‘Add Folder and Drives’, a screen shows all of your files and folders.    You can either ‘drag and drop items’ to your locker or you can also use the ‘Add’ button to add files 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’.
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How to Disable/Enable Password Locking Protection?

 

You can very easily disable this locking protection by simply removing a check on selected locked item that you want to unlock. If you want to enable this locking protection again, simply put the check on the selected item again.

 

You can also remove an item from this list by using ‘Clear’ button. You can choose as many items as you want to lock and maintain your favorite locking list very easily. Select an item or more you wish to lock, and then simply check them or uncheck them to either enable or disable the locking protection depending upon your need.

 

Locking list that you maintain is specific to your locker. Folder Lock is designed in such a way that it treated each Locker as a separate User. If you are unable to find an item that you have locked in a particular locker, it might be possible that you have locked it in different locker and now trying to access it through another.