lock your folder with out software

There are a lot of methods that
you can use to create a
password protected folder,
most of which require the use
of some third party software.
Using this neat method you can
hide your folders with a quick
batch script.
It’s important to note that this
will not actually conceal your
data from somebody that
knows what they are doing.
Create Your Password
Protected Folder
Before you get started you need
to create a folder that will house
your password protected folder,
this is just an ordinary folder
and can be located anywhere
and named anything.
Navigate into your newly
created folder and create a new
Text Document. This can easily
be done from the context menu.
Open the document, now paste
the following code into the
contents of the document:
cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "HTG 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 "HTG Locker"
attrib +h +s "HTG 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 "HTG Locker"
ren "HTG Locker" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End
Change the
PASSWORD_GOES_HERE text to
the password you want to set.
Now go ahead and save the file
as locker.bat.
Once the file is saved as a batch
file you can delete the original
text file.
Now run your batch file by
double clicking on it–the first
time you run it, it will create a
folder called Private. This is
where you can store all your
secret things. When you have
finished adding all your stuff to
the Private folder, run locker.bat
again.
This time you will be asked if
you sure that you want to lock
the folder, press the “Y” key and
hit enter to lock your folder.
You will see that your Private
folder quickly disappears.
If you run the script yet again,
you will prompted for a
password.
If you enter the same password
as you set in the script the
Private folder will reappear if
you enter the incorrect
password the script will just
Terminate.
Warning
Most people don’t know how to
show system files, but anybody
who has some experience will
probably be able to quickly
figure it out in the Folder
Options.
Also, any ordinary user who
unchecks the box will most
probably be scared off by the
warning message that appears.