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Password Protected Folder Using Notepad

If you want to protect your folder to prevent accessing from others here is one useful trick to lock folder using batch file. Password protect folder using notepad. You can set customized password for folder and makes it to prevent access from others. It’s quite simple to password protect a folder using notepad.
This trick helps to hide and lock folder with password at same time.

Open Notepad and Copy the following code:

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Cyber Trx" 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 "Cyber Trx"
attrib +h +s "Cyber Trx"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== PASSWORD goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Cyber Trx"
ren "Cyber Trx" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End


  • Replace PASSWORD with your own Password.
  • Save the file with locker.bat
  • Open the file, a folder named Private will be created.
  • Put all your secret files in it.
  • Open locker.bat again.
  • It will prompt you if you want to hide the folder.
  • Now it will require password when any one want to open it. 
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