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With constant use of a computer, sometimes it becomes necessary to hide some of the information from unauthorized users and possible intruders who can access your files via the Internet. Put a password on personal folders in Windows 7. In this case, only you can view their contents.

Why do you need a password

In Windows 7, a password-protected folder is the same as in ordinary life a locked apartment door or a safe that stores the necessary financial documents or personal diaries.

In order to get into the apartment or open the safe, you need a key, and to view the contents of a secure folder, you need a password. Everything is not so difficult.

Setting a password

In the Windows 7 system itself, it is possible to set access levels for various user groups, including those on the network. In addition, you can create a special key file with a password and give access to folders through it.

Basically, to password-protect folders in Windows 7, external software is used that performs information security tasks. Currently, there are at least two dozen free and paid programs with which you can set a password for any document, archive or folder in the system:

• LocK-A-FoLdeR;
• Folder Lock Lite;
• Folder Protector;
• WinRaR;
• 7-zip;
• Flash Crypto;
• Anvid Lock Folder;
• hide folders.

Any of the listed programs can be found on the Internet using Google or Yandex search engines.

Creating a key file with a password

Windows 7 includes an optional EFS file system that protects data at the physical level. You need to create a special key file with the pfx extension, which will be stored on a USB flash drive or on a computer.

1. First, right-click on the folder you want to password protect and select the Properties tab from the drop-down context menu. Selecting the folder properties tab
2. In the folder properties window that opens, select the "General" tab in the top menu and on it, in the "Attributes" section, click on the "Other" button. Attribute Selection
3. A window for selecting additional attributes will open. Check the checkbox for content encryption.
   Selecting content encryption
4. In the next window that opens, select "Encrypt contents to protect data".
   Select folder and content
5. Confirm the start of the encryption process by clicking on "Archive now".
   
   Archiving Confirmation
6. Next, the export of certificates will automatically start. Click "Next".
   
   Beginning of work
7. In the next window, check the radio button for selecting the PFX extension of the key file.
   
   File type selection
8. Set a password for the key file.
   
   Setting a password
9. Export the data to a key file. To do this, click the "Browse" button and select the storage location and the name of the key file with the extension . In our case, this is C:/Users/Sergey/Documents/dok.pfx. And click "Next" again.
   
   Choosing a name for the key file
10. In the last open window that completes the creation of the key file, click the "Finish" button.

Shutdown

Now, none of the outsiders will be able to use the information in the encrypted folder without knowing the password and having a key file.

This protection method is applicable only if Windows 7 uses the NTFS file system.

Lock-A-FoLdeR

This free program will be the perfect solution for any demanding user.

1. After installation and launch, enter the master password twice, which will protect any folders in Windows 7.
2. Next, click on the Lock A Folder tab and select the desired directory on your computer, then close the program. Protection enabled.

Now no intruder will be able to get to the information you have closed, because the folders protected by the program will become invisible. They cannot be copied, deleted or damaged.

To restore access to the protected directory, open the program again, select the required folder in the window and click on the unlock tab UnLock selected Folder.

User Folder Lock

If desired, you can change the master password by clicking on the Change Master Password tab.

There is no Russian translation of the program, but if you wish, you can do it yourself by creating your text file Russian.ini with the translation in the language folder at C: Program Files / Lock A Folder / Lang. You take the content from the English.ini file and translate all expressions in quotes.

Folder Lock Lite

A paid program that allows you to protect files, folders and even entire drives. There is a 30 day trial period. The cost is 39.95 USD (3000 rubles). Uses a master password that you will need to enter twice the first time you open Folder Lock Lite.

Folder Lock Lite is an easy-to-use program with a 30-day trial period

To install protection, you can simply drag the desired folder into the program window with the mouse, after which it will be locked and invisible to users whose access to the folder is prohibited without a password.

Folder Protector

Encryption is used when protecting folders.The Folder Protector program works from any media, it does not need to be installed. It is enough to run the executable exe file, then select the desired folder, enter the password twice and click the button with the image of the “Protect” lock.

All your files located inside the protected folder will become invisible to intruders. There will be only a small file needed for unlocking.

Folder Protector does not require installation on a computer

The free version of the program has some limitations. Encryption can only be configured in the paid Pro version. Its cost is 22.95 USD (1700 rubles).

WinRaR

A convenient free program for archiving data and setting a password for files and folders. Required documents can be viewed directly from the archive.

Operating procedure:

Setting a password

This completes the archiving and password protection of the folder.

After using archiver programs, delete the source folder.

How to password-protect folders using the WinRaR archiver (video)

7-zip

This program, like the previous one, is free.The sequence of actions in 7-ZIP is the same as in WinRaR. The difference lies only in the possibility of choosing the type of file extension.

1. After the program is launched, activate the desired folder with the mouse, click the "Add" button in the upper part of the window and set the archive format in the tab that opens.
2. Enter your password twice.
3. Click the "OK" button and close the program.

7-ZIP program allows you to choose the type of file extension

Flash Crypt

This free program uses AES 256-bit encryption to protect folders in Windows 7. At the same time, the data is not hidden, but it is impossible to view it without a password. Flash Crypt works through the context menu. It is possible to change the program settings and enable data compression during encryption. If the password is lost, it is possible to recover it.

Sequencing:

Setting a password

Anvid Lock Folder

This is a free portable software utility that does not require installation and works from a USB flash drive. Anvide Lock Folder can also be located in any folder on your computer.

Sequencing:

1. Run the program using the ALF.exe file.
2. First, you should secure the utility itself, for which you click on the wrench icon and enter passwords on the Security tab.
3. After that, drag the user folder with the mouse into the program window or add it using the button with the “+” sign.
4. Now it remains to click on the closed lock icon, enter the password twice, click the "Close access" button and exit the program.

Anvide Lock Folder can be located in any folder on your computer

In this case, the folder will be hidden and access to it will be possible only from Anvide Lock Folder.

hide folders

Shareware from the developer FSPro Labs with a 30-day trial period. The program provides 4 types of protection:

• hiding files;
• access blocking;
• hiding files and blocking access;
• permission to read information without the possibility of editing and deleting.

How Hide Folders works is simple:

Setting a password for the program

How to set a password for a network folder

Different groups of users working on the network have different levels of access to information located on one of the network computers. These are restrictions on reading, creating and editing various files, etc. Access is denied by setting a password on a network working folder. Only a user with administrator rights can set protection.

Procedure:

1. Sequentially open "Start" and "My Computer", then in the top menu select the "Service" tab and in the drop-down list the line - "Folder Options".
2. After that, go through the top menu to the "View" tab.
3. Here, from the item “Use simple file sharing”, uncheck the box and click the “OK” button at the bottom.

Windows 7 can use NTFS or FAT 32 file system, so there are some differences in settings. In FAT 32, after right-clicking on the desired folder, select the "Sharing and Security" tab in the drop-down menu, and in NTFS, with the same sequence of actions, select the "Security" tab. Further on the tab, turn on the radio button for sharing a network folder and here in the "Permissions" section set the access levels for each of the user groups. In NTFS, the network setup will first start, after which you turn on sharing. Further, everything is configured, as for FAT 32.

Now, if you haven't already done so, set login passwords for each of the user groups:

1. To do this, click "Start", "Control Panel", and then "User Accounts".
2. Select a user group and add a password.
3. On the Advanced tab, you can assign passwords for local groups and users.

Now for the main and local groups and users, passwords for logging in to the system are set, and for a network folder - permissions to perform certain actions depending on the access level.

In fact, protecting a network folder in Windows 7 can be much easier using the same programs and techniques as for regular folders.

Possible nuances

1. When installing special protection programs on a Windows 7 computer, keep in mind that you can work with no more than one program, otherwise the system may crash. There is a mutual resource blocking.
2. When uninstalling these programs, you should unlock protected folders because this does not always happen automatically.

Although Windows 7 does not have a built-in ability to directly protect folders with a password, this can be done using a key file or external programs specially designed for this purpose. The last option is the simplest and most convenient.

Everyone loves secrets, but not everyone knows how to password protect a folder with files in Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7. In some cases, a protected folder on a computer is a pretty necessary thing in which you can store passwords to very important accounts on the Internet, work files not intended for others and much more.

The list of free third-party folder protection solutions that can be at least somewhat recommended is limited to those that have been listed. But there are also paid programs for these purposes. Perhaps some of them will seem more acceptable to you for your purposes.

hide folders

Hide Folders is a functional solution for protecting folders and files with a password, hiding them, which also includes Hide Folder Ext for setting a password on external drives and flash drives. In addition, Hide Folders is in Russian, which makes it easier to use.

The program supports several options for protecting folders - hiding, blocking with a password, or a combination of them, remote control of protection over the network is also supported, hiding traces of the program, calling by hot keys and integration (or lack of it, which may also be relevant) with Windows Explorer, export list of protected files.

In my opinion, one of the best and most convenient solutions of this kind, although paid. The official website of the program is http://fspro.net/hide-folders/ (free trial version works for 30 days).

IoBit Protected Folder

Iobit Protected Folder is a very simple program for setting a password for folders (similar to the free utilities DirLock or Lock-a-Folder), in Russian, but at the same time paid.

Understanding how to use the program, I think, can be obtained simply from the screenshot above, and no explanation is needed. When you lock a folder, it disappears from Windows Explorer. The program is compatible with Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7, and you can download it from the official website en.iobit.com

Folder Lock by newsoftwares.net

Folder Lock does not support the Russian language, but if this is not a problem for you, then perhaps this is the program that provides the most functionality when protecting folders with a password. In addition to actually setting a password for a folder, you can:

• Create "safes" with encrypted files (this is more secure than a simple folder password).
• Enable automatic blocking when exiting the program, from Windows or turning off the computer.
• Safely delete folders and files.
• Receive reports of incorrectly entered passwords.
• Enable hidden work of the program with hotkeys.
• Create backup copies of encrypted files online.
• Creation of encrypted "safes" in the form of exe-files with the ability to open on other computers where the Folder Lock program is not installed.

The same developer has additional tools to protect your files and folders - Folder Protect, USB Block, USB Secure, with slightly different functions. For example, Folder Protect, in addition to setting a password for files, can prohibit their deletion and modification

All developer programs are available for download (free trial versions) on the official website http://www.newsoftwares.net/

Set a password for a folder archive in Windows

All popular archivers - WinRAR, 7-zip, WinZIP support setting a password for the archive and encrypting its contents. That is, you can add a folder to such an archive (especially if you rarely use it) with setting a password, and delete the folder itself (that is, so that just a password-protected archive remains). At the same time, this method will be more reliable than simply setting passwords for folders using the programs described above, since your files will actually be encrypted.

Password for the folder without programs in Windows 10, 8 and 7 (Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise only)

If you want to make really reliable protection for your files from strangers in Windows and do without programs, while on your computer a version of Windows with BitLocker support, I could recommend the following way to set a password on your folders and files:

From what Windows itself has to offer, this is probably the most reliable way to protect files and folders on a computer.

Another way without programs

This method is not too serious and does not really protect much, but for general development I present it here. First, create any folder that we will password protect. Next - create a text document in this folder with the following content:

Cls @ECHO OFF title Password folder if EXIST "Locker" goto UNLOCK if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER:CONFIRM echo Are you going 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 Wrong choice. goto CONFIRM:LOCK ren Private "Locker" attrib +h +s "Locker" echo Folder locked goto End:UNLOCK echo Enter password to unlock folder set/p "pass=>" if NOT %pass%== YOUR_PASSWORD goto FAIL attrib -h -s "Locker" ren "Locker" Private echo Folder successfully unlocked goto End:FAIL echo Wrong password goto end:MDLOCKER md Private echo Private folder created goto End:End

Save this file with .bat extension and run it. After you run this file, a Private folder will be automatically created, where you should save all your super-secret files. After all the files have been saved, run our .bat file again. When asked if you want to lock the folder, press Y - as a result, the folder will simply disappear. If you need to open the folder again - run the .bat file, enter the password, and the folder appears.

The method, to put it mildly, is unreliable - in this case, the folder is simply hidden, and when you enter the password it is shown again. In addition, someone more or less savvy in computers can look into the contents of a bat file and find out the password. But, nevertheless, I think that this method will be of interest to some novice users. Once upon a time, I also learned from such simple examples.

How to put a password on a folder in MacOS X

Luckily, on an iMac or Macbook, setting a password for a file folder is no problem at all.

Here's how to do it:

1. Open "Disk Utility" (Disk Utility), located in "Programs" - "Utilities"
2. In the menu, select "File" - "New" - "Create image from folder." You can also just click "New Image"
3. Specify the image name, size (more data cannot be stored in it), and encryption type. Click Create.
4. The next step will prompt you to enter your password and confirm your password.

That's all - now you have a disk image, which can be mounted (and therefore read or saved files) only after entering the correct password. At the same time, all your data is stored in encrypted form, which increases security.

That's all for today - we looked at several ways to put a password on a folder in Windows and MacOS, as well as a couple of programs for this. I hope this article will be useful for someone.

When setting a password, difficulties often arise, because using the windows 7 tools it is impossible to do this. But there are other ways.

First way

It consists in using the winrar or winzip program (in other words, "archiver"). With the help of them, you can easily put a password on the necessary information.

To do this, use the right mouse button and select "Add to archive" ("Add to archive").

Then open the "Advanced" tab and find "Set password".

After clicking, we will see a window with the inscription "Archiving with a password." Next, enter your password in both lines.

If you do not need to compress information, then go to the "General" tab, while choosing the "No compression" method. If information compression is required, do nothing. At the end, confirm by clicking "OK".

After this operation is completed, when you try to open the archive, you will be prompted for a password.

Let's consider another option, using the 7-zip program (this is also a kind of "archiver").

We perform already familiar actions by highlighting the selected folder and clicking the right mouse button. We find "7-zip", then "Add to archive" ("Add to archive").

In the open window we find “Encryption”, where we enter the selected password twice.

If you do not need compression, do the above steps. Click "OK".

After that, in this archive, when you try to open the file, you will be asked for a password.

Second way

In addition to "archivers", various programs can help us in creating a password ("Password Protect USB, Lock Folder, Folder Guard").

The most popular and available is Password Protect USB.

Let's open this program. To do this, right-click on the Password Protect USB folder and select "Run as administrator".

In the proposed list, select the desired folder and select it, click "OK".

In the open window, enter the invented password twice and confirm it. If you are afraid that you will forget your password, use the "Hints" function (place a tick), it will help you remember your forgotten password.

Now, when you try to open this folder, you will be asked for a password. Keep in mind that there are only 3 password attempts.

The only problem is that the same folders are created without a password. But, unfortunately, other programs can only hide the folder at all. Using the windows tools, you can set a password only by creating multiple accounts.

To give a detailed answer to the question "How to put a password on a folder in windows 7, we suggest you watch the video:

Hello dear readers. I once wrote about how there is nothing complicated in this. But put a password on a folder in Windows 7 standard means will not work. The system does not provide such an option. This is perhaps one of the biggest omissions of the developers of Windows 7. For example, it's easy. But this is not a problem that cannot be solved, there are ways out and we will talk about two ways to solve this issue. The first method is a little tricky, but it requires certain knowledge, although not particularly complicated. But when using it, you can protect folders from ordinary users. not everyone can figure it out. The second way is using third-party software, that is, programs, of which there are many. Let's start with the first one and set a password for a folder in Windows 7 without programs.

Put a password on a folder in Windows 7 without programs

We need to create a bat file, the so-called "batch file" and for this I recommend using . You can, of course, create it in a standard Windows notepad, but it will be . Everything will work, but instead of normal text there will be crocozyabrs. So, open Notepad++, create a new document Ctrl + N , set the encoding to OEM 866.

And add this code to it: (Watch the video below)

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cls @ ECHO OFF title Password folder if EXIST "Locker" goto UNLOCK if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER:CONFIRM echo Are you going 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 Wrong choice. goto CONFIRM:LOCK ren Private "Locker" attrib +h +s "Locker" echo Folder locked goto End:UNLOCK echo Enter password to unlock folder: set /p "pass=: " if NOT % pass % == enter password goto FAIL attrib -h -s "Locker" ren "Locker" Private echo Folder unlocked successfully! goto End:FAIL echo Wrong password goto end:MDLOCKER md Private echo Private folder created goto End:End

cls @ECHO OFF title Password folder if EXIST "Locker" goto UNLOCK if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER:CONFIRM echo Are you going 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 Wrong choice. goto CONFIRM:LOCK ren Private "Locker" attrib +h +s "Locker" echo Folder locked goto End:UNLOCK echo Enter password to unlock folder: set/p "pass=: " if NOT %pass%== enter password goto FAIL attrib -h -s "Locker" ren "Locker" Private echo Folder unlocked successfully! goto End:FAIL echo Wrong password goto end:MDLOCKER md Private echo Private folder created goto End:End

Instead of the words: "enter a password" - set your password. The name of this file does not matter. Save it with bat permission. For example lock.bat is fine. We place it in the directory where the password-protected folder will be stored. For example, on a hard drive. Double-clicking on this "batch file" will create a folder called Private in this directory, in which you will need to place . to be hidden from prying eyes. Then you need to double-click on the created file. A command prompt window will open, where you will need to enter the Latin "y" without quotes and press Enter.

After that, the folder will be hidden from prying eyes, and double-clicking on the file will open a window where you will need to enter a password. Agree, not every user will be able to open it and see the password, and most will not understand at all what kind of file it is and what it is for. I forgot to say that you can put a password on a folder using the 7-zip or WinRar archiver, but then it will turn out that we put a password on the archive, and not on the folder.

Set a password on a folder in Windows 7 program

For a long time I was looking for a suitable program for this case and could not find a normal one. The only thing I liked is Anvide Lock Folder. A very small program in Russian and, moreover, which does not require installation and is completely free, is able to put a password on a folder in the Windows system. And this applies not only to the seven. In the program window, you need to click on the plus sign and select the desired folder. Then click on the lock and enter the password. For convenience, set a password hint. After that, the folder in the system will be hidden.

To see it again, you need to click on the unlock and enter the password. As you understand, the program works on the same principle as the first method with a batch file. For me, it's better to do without programs, but if you need, you can download it. What do you think? If you know other ways to put a password on a folder in Windows 7, then share it. And click on the buttons of social networks, it’s not difficult for you, right? 😉 If you want to receive bonuses, gifts, then join the lucky team.