How Can I hide some confidential files in Windows ?

Question

I have some of my important and confidential word files in my desktop. I have copied then in a folder and made that folder invisible. But *.doc in search window will bring my document out. Is there any way where I can hide my docs even from search commands in windows ?

Answer 1

This is questions which everybody has... but cant guess it...... well if you have windows XP, i don't think u need to do anything. Well first i would like to add that if the file is hidden it will not show up search results. For *.doc you can also make it password protected.

check this link

http://wordprocessing.about.com/cs/quicktips/qt/Passprotect.htm



Below i have given four procedures according to your need you can chose.



first of all you to follow this small procedure....

Covert your Hard Disk partitions from FAT32 to NTFS.

What is NTFS .. you will get your answer here



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS



Well in short NTFS is basically for system security.



Well you can convert it without formatting the disk.

Here the procedure is given how to convert. Basically C: has to be converted to NTFS to see the effects.



http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881



The disadvantage is you can't run two operating system like windows xp and windows 98 or Linux. Well I don't want you to get confuse... now if your have made your main drive C: drive NTFS. restart the system. Also make all other drives NTFS then go to accounts in control panel. Create your account with password..... after you make that it will ask you to make your documents private. So now all your documents in my documents cant be accessed by anybody. But for that you should be administrator.



Second Procedure is encryption.

For more details check out this link below:

http://www.truecrypt.org/

read the details. With this you can hide whole your drive.

For this again you should be the administrator.



Third procedure is Folder lock which is mentioned above

here is the link

http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/

But to crack it all you need is reinstall it on the same location. Gone all your hidden files. Anybody can see it whoever reinstalls it.



Fourth option can be possible in any folder but not on desktop. First change its icon with some white color plain icon matching the background. rename it with pressing ALT+255. It will give it a blank name. Only problem is you have to remember its location where the folder is placed inside the main folder. Cause where will you click otherwise.



Last option I got from somewhere is in DOS. Below is the code. Copy the following program:



****************** copy from here

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure u 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 Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo Enter password to Unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==type your password here goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End



*********************** copy till here

* Now paste it in notepad.



* Save it as batch file(with extension .bat).Any name will do.



* Now you see a batch file. Double click it to create a folder locker.



* A new folder named Locker would be formed at the same location.



* Now brings all the files you want to hide in the locker folder.



* Now double click the batch file to lock the folder namely Locker.



* If you want to unlock your files,double click the batch file again and you would be prompted for password.Enter the password and enjoy

Answer 2

You can try to use a software like Folder Lock or AxCrypt. These are very good tools for protecting your files or folders. They perform encryption of confidential files or folders using a password. Nobody except yourself can open those files or folders after encryption, even if they are saved on a shared media storage like a shared computer or a network hard drive.



Changing the folder or file attribute in Windows to "hidden" is not safe because there are also software tools available that can display hidden files. Furthermore, if you got a hard drive corruption, the chances are high that those folders or files will be lost.

Answer 3

In "Folder options: View," uncheck "Hide extentions for known file types." Change the extension of the file to anything you'd like. No one will be able to access the files by using a word program provided you don't use an extension such as .doc, .txt, etc. They will also no longer show up in searches for those extensions. When you want to access the files, just undo the above steps.

Answer 4

1 If u hide ur files u can find them in adv. search only Change options in adv. search but it is not much reliable.



2. You can zip (compress ) ur files with win zip



Open a new win zip and while inserting ur documents there will be a option for password enter desired password now u only can open that document from the zip file

Caution: Never comp. without password else rates in default folder

Answer 5

Put teh files in an archive with a encription code. Then password protect the file and put it in a fidden folder

Answer 6

You can save with secret password or go to my computer-click tools-folder optins-hide-click

To open repeat the same but in the last instead clicking hide click on show, your file will be opened.

Answer 7

You can try Folder Castle software by MagneticSoft http://www.magneticsoft.com/FolderCastle.shtml.

This tool has simple interface and it is very easy to use.

Answer 8

Change the extension from ".doc" or ".txt" or whatever, to ".mp3". People will just assume they are mp3's, and if they click on them, they will think the file doesn't work. Then, when you want to open them yourself, just change them back to ".doc" or ".txt" or whatever.

Answer 9

download software caleed folder lock from download.com install it and then save that folder with password

Answer 10

como estoy apasionada del mundo de los ordenadores me gusta hacer mi propia configuración de ordenador, como todos las otras componentes los he comprado de sitios web y han sido excelentes, el hard disk también lo compre aquí, el hard disk es exactamente como esperaba, muy buena compra.

Answer 11

just press right click and chose properties and then make it hide

Answer 12

donno