Comments on: Turn a Folder to a Safe in One Click With a Hidden Windows Command!

By: bOOster

bOOster — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:10:26 +0000

In Win XP SP3 this method doesn’t work. It only change name and icon of the folder, that’s all. Folder and content is still deletable.

By: Wow this is unsucure

Wow this is unsucure — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:49:01 +0000

So this has to be the weakest security method i’v ever seen. let me explain
1. Simply remove the “.{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}” from the folder name and presto the folder is unlocked
2. Rename the folder when its locked and presto the data is back
Not sure why anyone would want to use this

By: Web Talk

Web Talk — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:40:15 +0000

You have to place the key.bat on the desktop (or in the same place where you place the folder called “lock”. After the folder is locked you can put the “key” somewhere else, for example in your USB dongle.
Keep in mind that the unlocking and locking key have to placed on the same place where you folder is located…hope this makes sense.

Make some tries by creating an empty folder and try to lock it and unlock it…that’s the best way to understand how it works…believe me, this hack is verym very simple to achieve!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:25:14 +0000

Is this supposed to work for Vista?
Sounds like it would serve the purpose I need it for, but I think your instructions are missing a step for the not-so-savvy users out there (Me, for instance) How do I apply the ‘lock’ to the
“Safe” folder if saving the file to the desktop like suggested? Do I save the “key.bat” file in the “Safe” folder, too? Also, the “.bat” extension wasn’t an option but i named the file “key.bat”… Does that count?

Thanks for all the great info and hopefully some feedback to my question

(& Yes, I am blonde. But at least i’m trying to learn…)

By: mark

mark — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:39:51 +0000

well, since everybody knows this now – it’s no big deal to have two bat files with each code in it and just exhange the given folder name et voila, you can open anyones folder ……so no security at all – it’s a nice trick, though, but not secure..but you don’t claim that either, so one to the next article

By: Matera the Mad

Matera the Mad — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:40:20 +0000

And what if I sneak in and boot your computer with my ever-present live Linux CD, whichever one, flavor of the day, and look into anything I want?

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By: Overfiend

Overfiend — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:20 +0000

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.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:34:46 +0000

@fbsduser…solved it…:)
thanks for your help.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:56:29 +0000

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.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:53:31 +0000

@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.

By: fbsduser

fbsduser — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:06:32 +0000

@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).