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xfilos

A very useful trick to lock a FOLDER. This trick has only been tested in Windows XP.

Suppose you want to lock the folder lucky in d: which has the path D:\lucky. In the same drive create a text file and type
ren lucky lucky.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Now save this text file as lock.bat

create another text file and type in it
ren lucky.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} lucky
Now save this text file as key.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files lock and key.Press lock and the folder lucky will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents.Press key and you will get back your original folder.

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itsmemad

Nice information man!

StarryKnight

This particular thing can be used by a virus too... see that's why ur data is so vulnerable on a windows system...
tho u can get the data back (particularly here) but it causes so much time loss.... i remember during the non avira days , i had to spend 2 whole days figuring out what virus had infected my system and what all it had done and steps to get back the data it infected... windows is sh** and its only the games and some apps that are keeping me to it...

But thanks for the info m8... cud come in useful <--- tho i'm not so jubilant as this smiley

cableguy

Neat trick but if you really want to keep your data away from prying eyes you should be using an encryption software like Truecrypt

itsmemad

I use folder lock.. but its no good in safe mode... but it does its work normally...

Archer

You can use HIDE FOLDER XP for that. It also works in safe mode. It also have an automatic history cleaner in it.

xfilos

In that case I suggest folder guard......it is the best...unlike folder lock its interface is easy to manage and can ask password on clicking the folder

Archer

This is the one you are talking about. Right ?




It doesn't look simple(interface). But if it can ask password on clicking the folder, then it would be really handy.

sam luvey

i'm a rookie here..
I suggest using the following steps

for Hiding(Virtually locking) a folder: for example in a path c:\1

Type the Following in the notepad

attrib "path of the folder goes here" +r +h +s

to show the folder again replace all the +r +h +s with -r -h -s
and save it as batch file

The folder is hidden and it cannot be accesed untill one know the correct folder name

xfilos

yep mate , thats the one...you dont have to lock and release every time by opening the software ...its just handy , it asks for password when u click the folder and while u close the folder it locks it again by itself.