Encryption of private data has become a need for every user. We often use File hiders or Folder locking softwares to perform this task by making them password protected. Many hackers have developed a trick to enter encrypted directories by breaking the security password. Here, I am writing a tutorial using which you can lock any folder without using any software program.
Step 1: Select the Folder to be locked , for example I will select folder “movie” in D drive i.e. D:\movie
Step 2 : In the same drive, create a text file and type - ren movie movie.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} and save it as loc.bat
Step 3 : Again you type in a notepad as- ren movie.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movie and save it as
key.bat
Step 4 : Now in D drive you can see two batch files loc and key. When you double click loc.bat, the movie folder will change to control panel
and when you double click key.bat the control panel will change to normal folder.
Step 5 : Done! You have simply changed that folder into some other thing and no one can access the data inside it.
You can change that folder into other directories too. The above code is for Control panel; others are listed below:
- {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} - Turned to Explorer
- {0DF44EAA-FF21-4412-828E-260A8728E7F1} - Turned to start menu properties
- {6DFD7C5C-2451-11d3-A299-00C04F8EF6AF} - Turned to Folder Options
- {7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} - Turned to Network Connections
- {D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152} - Turned to Fonts Folder
- {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} - Turned to Scheduled tasks
- {E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD} - Turned to Scanners & camera
- {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} - Turned to Recycle bin
- {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} - Turned to Printers Folder
Note
: You will need to keep both batch files in the same drive as of locked folder.