Nakodari on November 29, 2008

Windows
How To Lock And Password Protect A Folder In Windows 7
Do you want to lock and password protect your important folders in Windows 7? If you are an administrator
and have multiple accounts set up in Windows 7, then you can block few important folders so that they can
not be accessed by other users. Every time the blocked folder will be accessed, it will ask for administrator
password. Therefore the folder will be locked permanently unless you dont remove the lock yourself.
To lock a folder, right-click on that folder and select Properties. Now navigate to Security tab, and click
Edit as shown in the screenshot below.
A new window will pop-up, now under Group and User Names, select the user from the list whom you
want to deny access to a specific folder, now under Permissions for Users check the Deny checkbox
next to Modify(all other checkbox will get ticked automatically) as shown in the screenshot below.
Click OK and then click Yes when a Windows Security window will pops-up as shown in the screenshot
below.
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Now click OK again and you are done. Now the specific user that you selected from the list will be denied
access to this folder. If you find it hard to change file access permission for specific users each time you
want to password protect a folder, have a look at LocK A FoldeR, an application for Windows that lets you
password protect folders with a click.
For the first time usage, it asks you to enter the master password to prevent others from accessing the
application.
Just enter the password to open main interface. Now, click Lock a Folder, enter the master password, select
the folder(s) you want to lock, and then click Lock it!.
This will immediately password protect the folder and hide it from source location. To unlock the folder,
launch the application, and click UnLock a Folder. It will ask you to enter master password, and then show
all the locked folders. Just select the folder you want to unlock, and then click Unlock It!. Its that simple!
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Adam
5 years
ago
BUT WHAT PROGRAM SHOULD I USE IF I SHARE A USER ACCOUNT ON VISTA AND A WANNA MAKE A FOLDER/FILE PASSSWORD
PROTECTED FOR FREE?

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Ole
5 years
ago Adam
Try take a look at this little nifty program:
http://www.fsprolabs.com/downl...

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Garrett
4 years
ago Ole
this link worked good, program was good, and best of all FREE for lifetime, not a trial.

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king
3 years
ago Ole
The free version only lets you lock 1 folder. Still very good program. Thanks...

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SOMUCH1
2 years
ago Ole
tnks men....

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Tuan
5 years
ago
how to lock a folder from Guest user to use ? email answer me plz.

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riaz
5 years
ago
my question is how can i make to a folder under password proccess please send me deatils
thank you

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Vinay
2 years
ago riaz
I am also finding the solution....let you know when I have the exact solution....We all have some personal videos in our lappy..:)

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mak
5 years
ago
ok what ever thought right but if i want lock folder to.bat extension how can i do .bat extension to make a folder plz tell me it different thing
but help me and sort out the my problem."Thanks"

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lee72
5 years
ago
Ive done this but now want to take the password off, how do I do this?

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goki
4 years
ago
wow this is too gud OLE :) :)
Tnx a lot for sharing this.....

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dame
4 years
ago
Question is how to password protect a folder and not how to filter out users... basically what we want is when ANY user including the user
who created the folder clicks on the folder it will promt you to enter a password before that folder opens.....as far as I know there is no way
to do this on windows pista I mean vista. Another dumb way microsoft does file management.

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Gil
4 years
ago
see more
Google search "how to lock a folder in windows"; you'll get more sites than you may care to even bother looking at.
Paid for: Folder-Lock v6.4.1 ($40)
http://download.cnet.com/Folde...
Google search "how to lock a folder in windows for free":
Freebie: Microsoft Private Folder
http://www.softpedia.com/get/S...
Freebie: WinGuard Pro
http://www.winguardpro.com/wgf...
(you can get the professional suite for $12. Check out the FAQs - which may be too much monkeying around with something that should be
a relatively simple process.)
Freebie: Folder locking
http://www.techmixer.com/lock-...
(there are multiple programs associated with this site - pick and choose or get them all)
Freebie: Folder Safe

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mtik
4 years
ago
Thanks a lot! The best part of this is that there's no need to install any software.

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Asay
4 years
ago
Folder Protect is the best...from NewSoftwares

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Nithya
4 years
ago
Thanks..

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Michelle
4 years
ago
If you use WinRAR or WinZip compress your files and password protect a folder and now forgot the password,one of best choice is RAR
Password recovery 5.0 which proved to be an effective way to uncover lost or forgotten passwords.

Md Shahjahan Hossain
4 years
ago
hi,
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I got a problem with this security system. I have denyed all access permission for authentic users for a folder on my computer. and even i
am the administrator user of my computer, but i cant open this folder. Could you please help me to get rid from this problem.
Thank you.................

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Guest
3 years
ago Md Shahjahan Hossain
me also got same problem,how to come out with this problem?please mail me if you know.thanks!!!

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kc
2 years
ago Guest
probably a good thing that youre both denied access to you pc

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ronald
3 years
ago
how to unlock the folder??I was follow your step to lock the folder, and i want to back to unlock

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CMD
a year
ago ronald
unselect the autorisation for pc
wish you selected before then unlock it

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jay
3 years
ago
i have done all things but how should i open it please tell me

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ARR
3 years
ago
hi Jay. u must rite clik on that drive. and then clik on Security option. and u have your own work now backward. ok

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krish
3 years
ago
i have did all these... i was able to open the folders earlier by following the backward process of the above.. but now... suddenly... it is
saying... access denied... when i open the security tab all the options i checked in the deny column are already unchecked... but the access
is denied... help me

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jack mobile
3 years
ago
me too got struck like one of the member , i was not able to open the folder as i only removed permission but i could not able to revoke it .
http://www.zsl.com/it-services...

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hannah
3 years
ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH !! :DD

USMAN
3 years
ago
SIR PLEASE HELP ME I HAVE SELECTED ALL THE USERS TO BLOCK A SPECIFIC FOLDER
SO I AM UNABLE TO USE OR OPEN THAT FOLDER
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
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HELP ME PLEASE
I BEG U

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Best
5 months
ago USMAN
LOL!!! I am so glad i didnt follow the steps until i read the comments. I was scared this was going to happen... hope u got your folder
unlocked. sorry, i just had to laugh at the "HELP ME PLEASE, I BEG U" part of your message

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Ombongi Moraa Faith
3 years
ago
Hello,
what if I have several users, r even a single use, all, or who doesn't have login passwords. I want to include a password to a folder BUT the
login credentials aren't password protected, and I don't want to introduce passwords, what do I do?

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vinod
3 years
ago
I cant acess complete drive what I do

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vinod
3 years
ago
after using your instruction I locked my drive but now I cant acess complete drive what I do and the drive consist my all data
how I can unlock the drive plz help

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Hax
3 years
ago
For all of you guys who are having problems with windows security - being locked out of a folder -access denied: Right click folder, properties,
security, advanced, owner, edit, pick your current user, select replace owner on subfolders and hit apply. BE WARNED: This can be
dangerous, so only do as last resort. Chill.

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dobby
3 years
ago
ii did this and now even cant get into that folder ! ;(((

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Benjedi420VT
3 years
ago
Hi,
This post should be named "how to lock a folder in windows." I want to know how to PASSWORD PROTECT a folder in windows so that every
time I want to access or anyone for that matter, it asks for a password. I don't want it permanently locked.
Any way to do that?

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samuel greek
3 years
ago
I think the simplest way to keep data secret from unauthorized view is to make a completely new USER PROFILE in your PC. You can
manage it in either way, it is password protected, you just switch from one profile to another and nobody can ask you why...:)
Another cute way is to hide the folder in a route that nobody can find it, in system folder or subfolders for example

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mirage
3 years
ago
Okay, I'm stuckedc as those guys. Is there anyone who solved the problem [unlocked yourself] or anyone who know how to do it? PLEASE
ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, thank you!

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Ngarrey
3 years
ago mirage
i may help...what exactly hapened?

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Paul
6 months
ago mirage
Hi there.. I'm also had a problem like you regard to that matter, but I fixed it to myself, if you want I'll teach you how to solved your
problem regarding on that. :)

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Mimi
3 years
ago
the title of the article is misleading, it says how to lock and password protect a folder, but this is actually about how to deny a certain user
permission to access a certain folder

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barry
3 years
ago
This post should be named how to lock a folder in windows. I want to know how to PASSWORD PROTECT a folder in windows so that every
time I want to access or anyone for that matter, it asks for a password. I dont want it permanently locked.
http://www.chicagoshorttermhou...

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Max Risk
3 years
ago
i don't wanna deny to someone! I wanna put a password on the folder!

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emu
3 years
ago
how to revert back the changes

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Niggzig
2 years
ago
fail!

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Friendzgang008
2 years
ago
FUCK OFF MAN!!!! U SPOILED MY WHOLE COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!

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LOCKER
2 years
ago
tnx for lock a foder...works great

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Raj Shekhar Singh
2 years
ago
i installed the application on my windows 7 ent. 64bit, after giving the master password it gives an error message "can't write registry, try to
re-install with admin right or re-install it again" i did the same but no success. could you please tell me how to install it,

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PeterPan
2 years
ago
This doesn't lock folders, although it says it does, on my windows 7 64-bit system. It doesn't matter the folder, size, or permissions...it simply
doesn't work.

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Distressed
2 years
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I accidently locked the folder that this program was in, It now won't let me open it. I need one of the folders I locked but can't unlock it. I've
tried re-downloading it but it just says "Lock-a-folder is not backwards compatible." Then something about unlocking previously locked folders.
I've clicked yes, but it doesn't unlock them.

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