However, there are many software available on Internet for the same but they sometimes might be risky. If due to any reason the software gets deleted from your system, you might lose all your important files.

Secure A Folder Without Any Software Step-By-Step

Creating a password to secure a folder in Windows can be done by plenty of methods. Following are the steps for the simplest method ever.

Step 1:

Copy the following code and paste it to Notepad.

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST “AUI Locker” 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 “AUI Locker”
attrib +h +s “AUI Locker”
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 “AUI Locker”
ren “AUI Locker” Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End

Step 2:

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

Step 3:

Once you’re done with the code, save this Notepad file in .bat format such as locker.bat. Make sure to change the Save as type: to All Files (*.*).

Step 4: 

Now, double click the locker.bat file and a folder named “Private”will be created. You can put any of your important files that you want to password protect in this folder.

Step 5: 

It’s time to lock out this folder to password protect your important files. So, again double-click on locker.bat file and it will prompt you to answer are you sure want to lock this folder? Press Y and hit Enter. The “Private” named folder will be locked/hidden.

Step 6:

Now, you would be thinking how you can get to that folder again. To do so, you need to double-click on the locker.bat file once again, and it will ask you to enter the password you chose in the code (Step 1 – Step 2). As soon as you’ll enter password, the folder will again be visible in front of you.

That’s all about creating a password to secure a folder in Windows computer without using any external software. But, still here’s one thing to be noted that this method isn’t secure enough.