[Pleasures]

How To Lock a Folder Without Using any Software

Simple Copy-Paste-Rename-Store-and LOCK. can work anywhere on any computer.


NO Software Required. Simple Lock your Folder, with these Few Steps. Ive tried it, and works great. Ive only tried it on Windows Xp, SP2.
IM not sure, if it works on other OS as well. but its harmless, so try it out.

Steps:

1- make a new folder ( name it as you like )

2- inside this folder make a ( TXT ) file & copy inside it this (the entire thing)

Quote:
Quote: 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 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

3- After u copy the Commanding go to line 23 (or try using shortcut- CTRL+F and type password to locate the line) u will find this word : password here (Change it with any password u like.) is :

eg: if NOT %pass%== narnia1234 goto FAIL
//so ur password here becomes narnia1234 .//

4- After that go to ‘save as’ & name this file as "locker.bat "

5- Now back to the folder & u will find a ( LOCKER ) commanding.
(locker.exe)

6- Double Click on it & u will find a new folder (Private )

7- Ok ,, now copy what u want in this "private Folder" & after that come out of the folder, and Double click on locker again. It will open and ask if you want to lock your folder? Y/N ?

8- Type Y. your private folder will dissapear.

9- If you want to UNLOCK your folder ,go to (locker) & type your pass and you will see your private folder.

it not only hides the fodler, but incase, u unhide all files... and try opening it without entering password, it'l take u to the control panel...

Also, if u want to store files on your Pen-Drive, u can use this script. No Software Required

Incase u delete your Locker file (just in case), then u can make a new one (but with the same password) and open it from that.

Alternatively, u can keep this locker file somewhere else, and when u want to open ur folder, only then bring it back to that place...

[xibo]

>.>"

somehow i always find myself posting negative comments into your threads
please go and read what a lock file is before you use the term. and then go ahead and look what a hash key is ( tip, it s the thingy youre using in order to store whether your directory is "locked" )

aa, and once again, you messed with the formating of your post
furthermore you are NEVER supposed to have an as-typed password *anywhere* outside of the function that processes the input and the one that encrypts it, unless you are the only one using that program. as i said, encrypt it and compare the resulting crypts instead.

while it s generally not neccessary to write a program for a job a script should do, it's *never* good to use a script for a task a real program should do ( since you didn t change anything about the directory's physical data it is still accessible once you get a file handle which can be done pretty easy in the security-hole outflowing xp )

[lycanbryan]

Mr/Ms. Xibo is right. This "folder lock" your referring to isn't really secure. I don't think it is even a lock mind you.
furthermore anyone inclined to computers can easily bypass this method.

If you ask me Encryption is the best kind of protection for ordinary users if you know how to use it properly.
(My Thesis Project nihaha ^^)

uhm Mr/Ms. Xibo are you a ComSci student/graduate? You know quite a lot. ^^

[Pleasures]

Quote: Originally Posted by xibo

>.>"

somehow i always find myself posting negative comments into your threads

quite true

[xibo]

Quote: Originally Posted by lycanbryan

Mr/Ms. Xibo is right. This "folder lock" your referring to isn't really secure. I don't think it is even a lock mind you.
furthermore anyone inclined to computers can easily bypass this method.

If you ask me Encryption is the best kind of protection for ordinary users if you know how to use it properly.
(My Thesis Project nihaha ^^)

uhm Mr/Ms. Xibo are you a ComSci student/graduate? You know quite a lot. ^^

The main problem of the folder 'lock' - from a programming point of view - is the way the 'fact' a folder is 'locked' or not is stored...

... from a security pov of cause more comes in mind ...

I am not a Computer Science student, but i used to be once ( i switched to Math ), and i also used to program since more then a decade so i kind of was able to see glibc ( gnu counterpart to msvcrt but includes basic functionality like network io , too ), binutils ( programs that handle program execusion and runtime stuff like DLL loading ), kde ( karl's desktop environment, a graphical user interface that is NOOOOT oriented on windows at all, especially doesn t kde4 look like vista and consume same the much memory ( in fact it consumes more ) ... -.- ) and other interresting projects develop since they were small and easy to understand ( nowadays kde might be more or less easy to get started with but the others are all so bloated developed it takes you months to get in )