How to Lock a Folder in Windows 8/8.1 and 10

Windows General
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Originally published at: How to Lock a Folder in Windows 8/8.1 and 10

Privacy is a serious concern for some and computer’s are part of life for everyone. Many users have asked about how to protect/lock their data inside a folder the easy way so only they can access it. Some users cannot restrict their use of PCs to their family members and friends, or work colleagues and…

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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%==Write-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

(I made some changes, try this instead of the one mentioned in the article)

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It lets me open the folder fine and when typing “Y” in the thing it flashes under it “goto was unexpected at this time”. Also My thing still says Folder Locker.bat

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please upload the lock file to www.wikisend.com and send me the link to check.

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I tried doing this, but I can still open the folder without any problems. I am on Windows 10. When I enter Y or my password into the .bat file, something flashes under my command for a split second, i think it says something along the lines of “goto was unexpected at this time”. Any help?

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I tested this on Windows 10 and it did work.

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Hi I used this Locker Batch File but unfortunately, after 1 day it will expire. I will not be able to lock the folder again using the batch file. It will do nothing. how can i permanently use this batch file. By the way I am using WINDOWS 10