How can you lock folders with a password in Vista?

PASSWORD PROTECTING FOLDERS program? (vista)?

  • Is there a program or a secret to locking folders with a password? A normal folder. You double click it, and it asks for a password. Is there a FREE program that I can use? ...show more

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    Use one of these great utilities: BDV DataHider is shareware application which will hide any amount of folders and files on your drives and provides highest level of protection including password and encryption. http://www.bdvnotepad.com/datahider_en.htm BDV SecretFolder 2010 is freeware program for hiding of secret folder on USB Flash Drives (actually, on any FAT or FAT32 drive). Hidden folder will be really invisible under DOS, Windows and Linux. http://www.bdvnotepad.com/secretfolder_en.htm

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There's a program out there called "Folder Lock" that can do this for anyone who is using windows to read the folder. It's not bullet proof though. A competent tech can read the drive with a non-windows OS and recover the contents.

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