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There are certain times where you need to protect your files, pictures, documents etc. from nosy users. In these cases, most of the times, the only solution you have got is to buy expensive applications to lock and protect your stuff. But, did you know that Windows has got a special command which turn a folder in a lock, a safe, a stronghold? And all this in right one click! Guaranteed!
- Right click on any blank space on your desktop.
- Click New.
- Click Folder.
- Name the folder safe.
- Open your Notepad, copy and paste this code into it:
ren safe safe.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} and save it with .bat extension. Ex. key.bat Save such a file on the desktop. - Double click the key.bat and the folder and its content will be permanently locked!
- To unlock the folder, delete the content of the key.bat file and paste this other code:
ren safe.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} safe and click it. - Done!
Tags: hack, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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January 5th, 2010
Cool… but you can still delete it or even look under properties and see the full name. A cooler trick would be to name it alt + 255 on the keypad then give it an invisible icon … although it would still show something is there if/when you mouse over it.
January 12th, 2010
It works Great! Thanks for the nice trick.
January 21st, 2010
This one does not work on the XP Sp2 I am sitting in front of. I seem to recall an older hint that worked up to Win XP. Cannot remember it.
January 21st, 2010
The 5up3r Hax0r only has to drop to a command line to completely make this tip worthless.
bleh.
January 21st, 2010
It works on my Vista. I also implemented tblount trick. Now the folder is locked and…invisible!
January 26th, 2010
how would I go about running the ‘bat’ files from a different location as opposed to having them in the same directory?
January 30th, 2010
@Mike. You can use absolute paths after the “ren” command. Ex.
ren c:\safe c:\safe.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} (you can even put the “safe” folder anywhere in the HD). This allows you to have the folder and the batch files in different folders (you can have two, one for locking and another for unlocking. In fact you don’ t even need to use DOS batch files. You can use a scriptable renaming tool and create two scripts, one for locking and another for unlocking).
January 30th, 2010
@fbsduser…I followed your instructions as above but it didn’t change the folder in question…I had the folder in the c:drive and the batch file on the desktop but when I ran it there was no change.
can you offer any more advice please?…many thanks.
Mike.
January 30th, 2010
maybe I should have mentioned I’m running windows 7 64 bit and it just says ‘the syntax of the command is incorrect’
any help much appreciated.
January 30th, 2010
@fbsduser…solved it…:)
thanks for your help.
April 19th, 2010
Kinda pointless imho. You can simply right click and rename the folder ensuring to remove {2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0} from the name thus removing lock.
May 23rd, 2010
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