if you want to password protect folders on your computer you can use a password protection software, saying Kakasoft Advanced Folder Encryption(http://www.kakasoft.com/folder-encryption),open it and set password to protect you data easily.
In my opinion, you need a tool. There are a lot of good password protection tools. You can search "password protect folder" or "lock folder" etc. to find a proper one for yourself. Usually there are two types of encryption methods: 1. Create one password for whole your disk and drag all folders and files to this disk to protect them. This only asks you to set one password for all of them. But if you want to set separate passwords to protect different folder or files, this kind of software will not help you. 2. Create one password for every folder. You can drag files to one folder and set a password for this folder. This will fix the above trouble, that you can set uniform password for different kinds of files. The disadvantage is you must remember a list of passwords.
I am using folder access 2.0. but i lost the password. Pls help me
To access the password folder you need to go to the main menu, then all programs and click on the password folder. Once it is open, use your password to unlock it.
If you are Win 7 or Win 8 user, you can use Bitlocker to password protect the drive; while if you are using oher OSes, you need to utilize software to protect the drive, such as Kakasoft USB security (http://www.kakasoft.com/usb-security)and TrueCrypt(http://www.truecrypt.org), or 7 zip(www.7-zip.org) which can compress the folder in your drives with password.
On your desktop right click and choose new folder. Then open the folder and right click in the folder and choose new text document. Open up the word document or open one up and file save. Now right click on the text document and send to compressed (zipped) folder. Drag the neew folder to your desktop and open up the new folder. Then go to file add password type in your password twice and ok. :) :) :)
how i can brock password of my folder lock 4.2
Set up in security settings of folder only your account, in this way you will be able to open your folder(s). At first you have to set a password on your Windows account, then you can encrypt the folder by using Encrypting File System. To set a password on your Windows account, click the Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your screen and select Control Panel > User Account. If there is only one account on your computer, create a guest account for other users who use your computer and then set a password on your account. To encrypt the folder, right-click it in the right pane of Windows Explorer and select Properties. Under the General tab, click the Advanced button and then select the Encrypt contents check box.
Folder Password Expert is a popular software for this job. You can download and buy it at http://www.folder-password-expert.com/
how do I password protect my flash drive, im using a Mac laptop
If the hard drive is moved to another system. The password will protect the hard drive.
I am not aware of any way to lock access to a folder directly using command prompt, but there are alternative similar methods. There is an excellent post on the "Computer Tips From A Computer Guy" weblog, that details how to make a folder work as a link to the Control Panel (locked), or simply open and show the contents (unlocked). His method involves using a batch file to change windows reference to the folder. He also provides an alternative method using a 3rd party freeware application called Free Hide Folder, which hides the folder completely, the only way to restore it is open the application and provide a password.
You can't give password to a notepad file. If u wish to protect ur file. Cut that file/files into a compressed(zipped folder) and then select 'add password' in 'file'. Give password. Hereafter whenever u open this file, it will ask u password.