How to create a Password Protected Folder in Windows 7

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to create a locked folder in Windows 7 – without installing any additional 3rd party software.

1. Create a new folder and name it whatever you would like.





    
2. Open the folder, right-click on a blank area in it, then select New -> Text Document from the    pop-up menu.










3. Open the text file you just created by double-clicking it and copy/paste in the following text:

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_GOES_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

 

          4. In the above code, replace the key PASSWORD_GOES_HERE with the password you want to use to unlock the folder. For example if you want the password to be 123456, the line should look like:

if NOT %pass%== 123456 goto FAIL 

5. Save your new file in the .bat format with the complete file name being locker.bat. To do

this, make sure to change the Save as type: to All Files (*.*).