How to lock a folder without any special software on your Computer ?

Security and privacy are two things which we are very sensitive about.There are things which we don't want to share with other people, for example some stuff on our laptop.

There is always some important files on your computer which you want to secure and keep away from others.

This can be anything from your personal stuff, photos, or some important files which you don't want anyone to know about.




And you may probably be having all this important stuff saved inside a folder. And you must have always tried to keep this folder away from everyone.

But there are times when you have to give your laptop(computer) to someone to use, and you don't want them to access that particular folder, that is when you have no option but to lock that folder.

You may have tried securing your important folder by some kind of a third party software,and may have probably done that,but let me tell you, you can easily lock your folder and keep it secure without any kind of special software.

Yes, you can lock your folder easily without any kind of special software, with the help of Command Prompt, yes that black boring thing.

Let's dive straight into it:

Here's your guide to easily lock your folder with Command Prompt;

• On your computer, open Command Prompt (By searching cmd in the search window).

• In the Command Prompt window,change the working  directory to the drive where the folder is.

• Then type

              "cacls A /e /p everyone:n"   

                ( A is the folder you want to lock)

         Now press Enter.

This will simply lock the folder.

You can now easily give your laptop to someone to use, and need not worry about your private folder.
 Now whenever they click on that folder to open it, they still can't open it, as the system will not give them access to open it.

   

SAMPLE DEMO

Type

f:                Enter                 ( Here the folder is in F drive)

   cacls A /e /p everyone:n

Now ,that you have taken your laptop back, and now want to access that folder()but that folder is still locked. You need to unlock it first.


Here's the Unlock guide:

Open Command Prompt.

Type

"cacls A /e /p everyone:f"

Enter.

It will get unlocked.

And now you can use the folder again, easily.