Hiding your Folders:
Method 1 (Folders Only)
- Right click on any folder and rename.
- Switch off numlock.
- Hold the left alt key and type 0160 from the numpad.
- Click anywhere and the name field on the folder will be blank.
- Now go to its properties and change its icon to a blank one.
The Folder will become invisible. Incase of files you can only give a blank name field and not icon.
Method 2 (Files and Folders)
This method involves use of some basic programming in .bat
OPEN NOTEPAD AND TYPE THE GIVEN LINES
- Hide Folders
- attrib +h +r +s "E:\Music"
2. Hide Files
- attrib +h +r +s "E:\Music\Lonely.mp3"
3. Hide All FILES Inside a Folder
- attrib +h +r +s "E:\Music\*.*"
Save the file as filename.bat and run it to hide whatever you want to.
- By replacing the '+' with '-' you can reverse this.
- The attrib command refers to attributes.
- h, r, s denote hidden ,read-only, and system attributes respectively.
- "*.*" command will apply to all FILES (NOT FOLDERS) inside the specified folder .
Folder Lock without any S/W
Many people have been looking for an alternative way to lock folders without the use of any alternative software. So, here you go.
Open Notepad and copy the below code and save as locker.bat. Please don't forget to change your password in the code it's shown the place where to type your password.
Now double click on locker .bat
First time start, it will create folder with Locker automatically for u. After creation of the Locker folder, place the contents u want to lock inside the Locker Folder and run locker.bat again. The Locker folder disappears from the window. To make the folder available again, double click the locker.bat and enter the password. And you get your folder back!
cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u 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 Locker "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%== type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End
