Folder Locking Without Software

[Hani]

Open Notepad or any other text editor. Copy the code below and save as locker.bat. Don't forget to change the password (the field in red). Open locker.bat, it will create a folder called Private. Put the files that you need to hide in this folder. Run locker.bat again, and confirm. When you want to access the folder, just ran locker.bat and enter the password. Run it again to hide it.

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Private

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)

set/p "cho=>"

if %cho%==Y goto LOCK

if %cho%==y goto LOCK

if %cho%==n goto END

if %cho%==N goto END

echo Invalid choice.

goto CONFIRM

:LOCK

ren Private "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo Enter password to unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%== password here goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Private

echo Private created successfully

goto End

:End

Regards

[myrhymeandreason]

I like it. I will try this one out.

[nXqd]

Very nice :)

But I think there's problem that anyone can get password from locker.bat viewed by Notepad.

nXqd

Edited July 27, 2007 by Nxqd3051990

[AimLXJ]

Very nice :)

But I think there's problem that anyone can get password from locker.bat viewed by Notepad.

nXqd

Lmao, there goes the privacy.

[Creamy]

Yeah...but its enough to hide stuff for your little sister! ;)

[zhangm Supervisor]

Keep the batch file on a thumbdrive or something. Copy it onto the computer to unlock, and then shred it.

If you're serious about security, use an encryption program. If you need to hide things from average Joe Hacker, look into steganography. If you want to hide things from CIA/NSA, keep a can of thermite and a short fuse on top of your computer case.

[nizsmo]

Thanks for this! Very useful!

[shadow_dweller]

Very good. Thanks for this !

[myrhymeandreason]

If you're serious about security, use an encryption program.

Folder Locking Without Software :)

[ISV]

very good! THX

A question I want to know is what happen if I delete or move the file locker.bat after I hided the folder "private"??

Can I access the private again??

[Hani]

it won't work, you have to keep it in the same place

[Victor V.]

Also, if I'm not wrong, anyone with administrator privileges may use attrib to get a folder back, that is, if they notice anything missing.

[voidpharoh]

A question I want to know is what happen if I delete or move the file locker.bat after I hided the folder "private"??

Can I access the private again??

If you have hidden & system files/folders shown in explorer. You can simply rename it (it appears as Control Panel.{...} ) to turn it back into an accessible folder.

Edited August 24, 2007 by voidpharoh

[PictorieN]

Tested it in Vista, I can still access the hidden folder that it renamed private too. Encryption seems like a better way to do thing just takes longer.

[DerkPY]

Very nice, thanks ;)

[Lt-DavidW]

If you want to encrypt/decrypt stuff without installing anything, just run TrueCrypt from a USB key in 'traveler mode'.

[Abhishek kapoor]

it;s working ...thax a lot ... but security issue is still there

[Nipun Mohta]

It justs hide the folder named "Private". I'm using Windows Vista.

[careless_monkey]

awesome thnx a lott!!! :rolleyes:

[beautiful.blood]

sweet thanx finally learned something new in xp