How to protect data without any software? (Part-3) 13

Hello friends, my last two blogs in this category were about How to hide the Folder using Command Prompt, that was done by changing the attributes of the file or the folder. And changing the folder icon to the system icon, using the hex codes of the system folders. This article is to protect the data with the password.

Protect your data with a password:

Many of us install third party software to protect the data with a password. But in this article, we will learn how to protect our data folder with the password using batch files. This is very easy method of locking and hiding folders in Windows without any additional software.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a text file on notepad and save it as lock.bat

2. Add these following lines to the notepad file

cls

@echo off

title Folder Locker by techfanas

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%==techfanas 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

3. Save the above code.

4. When you double click or run the Lock.bat file, it will create a new folder named “Locker” automatically, if it is not created. Just copy all the sensitive and important data to this folder.

5. If the folder named “Locker” is created and visible, then it will ask to lock the folder.

The folder named Locker will be locked with the password and invisible.

6. To unlock the folder double click on the batch file named lock.bat, it will asked for the password. Enter the password as techfanas and the folder will be visible and unlocked again.

you may change the password, just replace the techfanas with your password in the above code.

This trick uses both the trick used in my previous articles of this section.

Note:

The default password for the folder named Locker is “techfanas”. You may change this password to your desired password. Just replace the techfanas in the code of the lock.bat file and save that file.
The directory of the batch file and the folder should be same i.e. the batch file and the folder should be in the same directory.
Do not put the batch file with the folder after locking it because anyone can unlock it using the batch file and can get your password by editing the batch file. After locking the folder just move the batch file to another location.
If you forgot the password in any case, just create another batch file with different password. That will also work well.

Sachin Kumar
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LITTLE

This is a great trick, but if i am not wrong anyone with such knowledge can get access to the folder by replacing the batch file made by us by one coded by them!
- Sachin Kumar
  
  yup…!!!
  thats why, we should not put the folder and the batch file in the same directory…
vinod

nice yaar
Faid Alfarisi

Try This . . .

@ECHO OFF
COLOR 1F
MODE 47,6
TITLE Folder Locker
SET A=%MyFiles%
SET B=Control_Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
SET C=FF41D262-C2A7-5795-89E4-00805F1408F3
SET D=FDNME.BIN
SET E=FDPWD.BIN
FOR /F “TOKENS=*” %%A IN (%A%%B%%D%) DO SET %%A
SET FOLDER=%NME%
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO CONFIRM0
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO CONFIRM2
:CONFIRM0
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” GOTO CONFIRM1
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” GOTO NEWPASSWORD
:CONFIRM1
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO UNLOCKCONFIRM
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO LOCKCONFIRM
:CONFIRM2
IF EXIST “%FOLDER%” GOTO CONFIRM0
IF NOT EXIST “%FOLDER%” GOTO CREATE
:CREATE
TITLE Folder Locker – [CREATE FOLDER]
CLS
ECHO Are you sure want to make new folder [Y/N]?
ECHO.
SET /P “CHOICE=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED CHOICE GOTO CREATE
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU Y GOTO CREATEFOLDERNAME
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU N GOTO EXIT
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Choice!!!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
GOTO CREATE
:CREATEFOLDERNAME
CLS
ECHO Type name for your new folder.
ECHO.
SET /P “FOLDERNAME=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED FOLDERNAME GOTO EMPTY4
GOTO CREATING
:CREATING
CLS
ECHO Please Wait . . .
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%” MD “%A%%B%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%FOLDERNAME%” MD “%FOLDERNAME%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%FOLDERNAME%” GOTO UNABLECREATE
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%FOLDERNAME%” ECHO.NME=%FOLDERNAME%>”%A%%B%%D%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Folder created successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:UNABLECREATE
CLS
ECHO Unable to create folder . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:EMPTY1
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Password!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD2
:EMPTY2
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Password!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO NEWPASSWORD
:EMPTY3
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Name!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO RENAME
:EMPTY4
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Name!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CREATEFOLDERNAME
:EMPTY5
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Name!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CREATENAME
:LOCKCONFIRM
TITLE Folder Locker – [LOCK FOLDER]
CLS
ECHO Type “RENAME” for rename your current folder.
ECHO Type “CHANGE” for change your password.
ECHO Are you sure want to lock your folder [Y/N]?
ECHO.
SET /P “CHOICE=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED CHOICE GOTO LOCKCONFIRM
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU Y GOTO LOCKING
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU N EXIT
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU CHANGE GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD1
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU RENAME GOTO RENAME
SET /P CHOICE=Invalid Choice!!!
CLS
GOTO LOCKCONFIRM
:LOCKING
CLS
ECHO Please Wait . . .
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%*” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%C%*” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%*” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%C%*” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” RD “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%FOLDER%” MOVE “%FOLDER%” “%A%%B%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%FOLDER%” REN “%A%%B%%FOLDER%” “%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Folder locked successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:RENAME
TITLE Folder Locker – [RENAME FOLDER]
CLS
ECHO Type new name for your current folder.
ECHO.
SET /P “NEWNAME=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED NEWNAME GOTO EMPTY3
IF EXIST “%FOLDER%” REN “%FOLDER%” “%NEWNAME%”
IF NOT EXIST “%NEWNAME%” GOTO UNABLERENAME
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ECHO.NME=%NEWNAME%>”%A%%B%%D%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Folder renamed successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:UNABLERENAME
CLS
ECHO Unable to rename folder . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:CREATENAME
TITLE Folder Locker – [CREATE NAME]
CLS
ECHO Folder name is not set, type new folder name.
ECHO.
SET /P “NEWNAME=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED NEWNAME GOTO EMPTY5
IF NOT EXIST “%NEWNAME%” MD “%NEWNAME%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%NEWNAME%” GOTO UNABLECREATENAME
IF EXIST “%NEWNAME%” RD “%NEWNAME%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ECHO.NME=%NEWNAME%>”%A%%B%%D%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%D%” >NUL
CLS
GOTO UNLOCKING
:UNABLECREATENAME
CLS
ECHO Unable to create folder name . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:CHANGEPASSWORD1
TITLE Folder Locker – [CHANGE PASSWORD]
FOR /F “TOKENS=*” %%A IN (%A%%B%%E%) DO SET %%A
SET PASS=%PWD%
CLS
SET PASSWORD=
SET /P “PASSWORD=Enter Old Password : ”
IF NOT DEFINED PASSWORD GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD1
IF %PASSWORD%==%PASS% GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD2
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Password!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD1
:CHANGEPASSWORD2
CLS
ECHO Enter Old Password : OK
ECHO.
SET NEW=
SET /P “NEW=Enter New Password : ”
IF NOT DEFINED NEW GOTO EMPTY1
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ECHO.PWD=%NEW%>”%A%%B%%E%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Password has been changed . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:NEWPASSWORD
TITLE Folder Locker – [NEW PASSWORD]
CLS
SET NEW=
ECHO Password is not set, type new password.
ECHO.
SET /P “NEW=New Password : ”
IF NOT DEFINED NEW GOTO EMPTY2
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ECHO.PWD=%NEW%>”%A%%B%%E%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%E%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%E%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO New password has been set . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:UNLOCKCONFIRM
TITLE Folder Locker – [UNLOCK FOLDER]
CLS
ECHO Are you sure want to unlock your folder [Y/N]?
ECHO.
SET /P “CHOICE=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED CHOICE GOTO UNLOCKCONFIRM
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU Y GOTO UNLOCK
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU N EXIT
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Choice!!!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
GOTO UNLOCKCONFIRM
:UNLOCK
FOR /F “TOKENS=*” %%A IN (%A%%B%%E%) DO SET %%A
SET PASS=%PWD%
CLS
ECHO Type “CHANGE” for change your password.
ECHO.
SET PASSWORD=
SET /P “PASSWORD=Enter Password : ”
IF NOT DEFINED PASSWORD GOTO UNLOCK
IF %PASSWORD%==%PASS% GOTO UNLOCKING
IF /I %PASSWORD% EQU CHANGE GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD1
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Password!!!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
GOTO UNLOCK
:UNLOCKING
CLS
ECHO Please Wait . . .
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%D%” GOTO CREATENAME
FOR /F “TOKENS=*” %%A IN (%A%%B%%D%) DO SET %%A
SET FOLDER=%NME%
IF EXIST “%FOLDER%” GOTO UNABLEUNLOCK
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” REN “%A%%B%%C%” “%FOLDER%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%FOLDER%” MOVE “%A%%B%%FOLDER%” “.” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Folder unlocked successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:UNABLEUNLOCK
CLS
ECHO Unable to unlock folder . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
- Sachin Kumar
  
  Creating another batch file with different password will also work well….
- Subham
  
  yes,this is a good trick…Thank you…
  - Faid Alfarisi
    
    Okay, but this is my old moding with bored interface, you can visit my blogs at “http://faid-alfarisi.blogspot.com/2012/02/make-your-own-folder-locker-without-any.html”, this a new modding of folder lock with new interface and new password creating mode, is work best on Win7, not only WinXP…
Faid Alfarisi

If you forgot your password, use this . . .

@ECHO OFF
COLOR 1F
MODE 45,8
TITLE Folder Locker – [PASSWORD RECOVERY]
SET A=%MyFiles%
SET B=Control_Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
SET C=FDPWD.BIN
GOTO CONFIRM
:CHANGEPASSWORD
CLS
SET NEW=
SET /P “NEW=Enter New Password : ”
IF NOT DEFINED NEW GOTO EMPTY
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ECHO.PWD=%NEW%>”%A%%B%%C%”
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB +H +S +A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Password changed successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:CHECK
CLS
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO SUCCESS
IF NOT EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” GOTO NOTFOUND
:CONFIRM
CLS
ECHO Are you sure want to recover password [Y/N]?
ECHO.
SET /P “CHOICE=¯ ”
IF NOT DEFINED CHOICE GOTO CONFIRM
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU Y GOTO CHECK
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU N EXIT
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Input!!!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
GOTO CONFIRM
:CONTINUE
CLS
SET CHOICE=
ECHO 1. Change Password
ECHO 2. Delete Password
ECHO 3. Exit
ECHO.
SET /P “CHOICE=Your Choice : ”
IF NOT DEFINED CHOICE GOTO CONTINUE
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU 1 GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU 2 GOTO DELETEPASSWORD
IF /I %CHOICE% EQU 3 EXIT
ECHO.
ECHO Invalid Choice!!!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
GOTO CONTINUE ELETEPASSWORD
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ATTRIB -H -S -A “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
IF EXIST “%A%%B%%C%” ECHO Y|DEL “%A%%B%%C%” >NUL
CLS
ECHO Password deleted successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:EMPTY
ECHO.
ECHO Empty Password!!!
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CHANGEPASSWORD
:NOTFOUND
ECHO Can’t find “Folder Locker” password . . .
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.Recovery is uncompleted . . .
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit . . .
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT
:SUCCESS
FOR /F “TOKENS=*” %%A IN (%A%%B%%C%) DO SET %%A
SET PASSWORD=%PWD%
ECHO Recovery completed successfully . . .
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.Your Password Is : %PASSWORD%
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to continue . . .
PAUSE>NUL
GOTO CONTINUE
- Sachin Kumar
  
  Creating another batch file with different password will also work well….
- Sachin Kumar
  
  Creating another batch file with different password will also work well….
Subham Agrawal

no,your third trick is not working.only 5 steps are working properly.
Means to say:when i press “Y” to lock the folder “Locker”, it creates a file with a ununderstood name “o”.The folder named Locker does not lock with the password and does not invisible……pls solve my problem,becouse any software of folder lock does not work in window 7.
my email address is agrawals92@gmail.com
- Lawyermasfi
  
  i am facing same prob. my email address is lawyermasfi@gmail.com. pls send me a solve.
Lawyermasfi

hey i am facing prob. after creating the private file, i clicked the batch file. and then typed y. the private folder didnt got disappeared. a little file name: ö got created.