[Windows Trick] How to Lock a Folder with a password using Notepad?

Today's Topic is How to Lock a Folder in Computer using notepad ? In such a case, if you want to have a simple Folder Lock on your computer / laptop, even in less time. So you have the right place. Because today I'm going to tell you the most awesome way to lock the folder. Neither does it require any programming language nor any software, just a little bit of basic information about computers.
If you have any personal data in your computer, you can lock it with password using this trick.
In the computer, there is a locker which is already named Bit Locker. But this does not lock any one folder. If you use Bit Locker you will have to lock at least one of your own drives on your computer. But here's what the trick is going to tell you, you can lock a file or folder with its help.
If you have to lock the folder on your computer then read this trick to the last,

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 How to Lock a Folder with a password using Notepad Step by Step 

Step1; First of all, when you open Notepad in your computer, press the Windows + R key and go to RUN command and type "Notepad" and click on OK.

Step2; Now after  open the Notepad, copy the given code below, and paste it in Notepad.

Copy Code

@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%==Type your Password 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

Step3; After copying the code into Notepad  , Now you delete "Set your password" and type your password,and  click on the Files option and then go to Save as and save the file from a .bat extension to a new folder.

Step4; Now you go to the folder where you saved your .bat file. From here you first open once by clicking the .bat file, as if you open it once, a new folder named "Private" will be created. Whatever lock you do, you copy those files to Private Folder.

Step5; After saving the files in the Private Folder, you will open the .bat file again. This time CMD will come in front of you and will ask you if you want to lock it. If yes then type "Y" and enter. As soon as you type Y, press Enter and the Private Folder will be hidden and locked.

Step6; If you want to unlock it, then you have to click on .bat file then CMD will open, the password you entered there, type the password and press enter and your file will be unlocked.

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