Keep your folders safe in Windows 10 with mindful password protection.

We all have computer files we'd like to keep secret from the world, but not everyone knows how to password protect a folder in Windows 10. Whether you're hiding notes from someone with access to your computer or (hopefully) something less drastic, you're allowed to have some privacy. Fortunately, in Windows 10, you can tuck those unmentionable plans or files in a secret folder that is password protected, and you can do it without buying any additional software. Once you've created a new folder in Windows 10, here's how to password protect it. You can never be too careful when it comes to privacy.

But just to be safe, you should first try this how-to using files that you can afford to lose, just in case the method doesn't work for you. Also, make sure you're keeping some record, somewhere, of the exact password you're using to lock your folder. If you lose the password, your files are gone, and since every computer is different, we can't deduce exactly what went wrong on your end.

[b]Note: Do not use a password with a space, as this may create an issue with the batch file. Also full concentration is required when implementing the steps.

How To Password Protect a Folder in Windows 10

1. Right-click inside the folder where the files you want to protect are located. The folder you want to hide can even be on your desktop.


2. Select "New" from the contextual menu.


3. Click on "Text Document."


4. Hit Enter. It doesn't matter what the file will be named. You can delete this text file once the lockable folder has been made.


5. Double-click the text file to open it.


6. Paste the below text into the new document:


cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

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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%==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

7. Find where it says "Your-Password-Here" in the document.


8. Replace "Your-Password-Here" with the password you want to lock the folder with.


9. Click File.


10. "Select Save As..."


11. Click on the "Text Documents (*.txt)" menu bar that's next to "Save as type:"


12. Select "All Files"


13. Change the file name to "FolderLocker.bat"


14. Click "Save."


15. Double-click FolderLocker.


The Locker folder has been generated!


16. Fill the Locker folder with the items you want to protect.


17. Open the FolderLocker file, because it's time to lock that folder up!


18. Type "Y" into the screen.


19. Click Enter, and the Folder Locker window will disappear, along with the Locker folder itself! Your secrets are safe!



To unlock the folder, double-click "FolderLocker" to open it.


Enter the password you entered in Step 8, and click Enter.




The Locker folder is back. You can open it to find your hidden files. Repeat Steps 17, 18 and 19 to lock the folder again.

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Here's how to format your hard drive in either OS

Want to use one external drive for both your Windows PC and your Mac machine? One hurdle you'll face is that, by default, these platforms use different filesystems. Windows uses NTFS while Mac OS uses HFS, and they're incompatible with each other. However, you can format the drive to work with both Windows and Mac by using the exFAT filesystem. Below are the steps to follow

In this guide, we're using exFAT instead of FAT32, another filesystem that both Windows and Mac can read and write to, because FAT32 has a maximum 4GB file size limit whereas exFAT can work with files as large as 16EB (exabytes). exFAT also performs better than FAT32.

How to format an external drive in Windows

The instructions below are for Windows 10, but other versions of Windows from Windows 7 and up can also format an external drive as exFAT for use with Mac as well.

1. Connect the drive to your Windows PC.

2. Open the Disk Management tool. You can do that by typing "disk format" or "disk management" in Windows search or going to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Create and format hard disk partitions.


3. Right-click on the external drive's partition or unallocated space you want to format and choose New Simple Volume…


4. Follow the wizard to choose a volume size.


5. Assign a drive letter.


6. Choose exFAT as the file system in the Format Partition screen.


7. Give the volume a new name.


8. Click Next.

9. Click Finish.


Windows will format the drive as exFAT and you'll be able to use the drive on both Windows and Mac.

How to format an external drive in OS X

1. Connect the drive to the Mac.

2. Open Disk Utility. The easiest way to do that is hit CMD and the spacebar at the same time and type in "Disk Utility" to find the program.

3. Select the drive you want to format.


4. Click Erase.


If you don't plan on using the drive for Time Machine, skip steps 5 through 11 below and continue with step 12.

5. Give the drive a descriptive name and leave the default settings: OS X Extended format and GUID partition map. These will format the drive in OS X's HFS+ filetype so it will be compatible with Time Machine.

6. Click Erase and OS X will format the drive.

7. With the drive selected in Disk Utility, click Partition.


8. Enter the amount of space you want to set aside for Time Machine. In this example, we're shrinking the Time Machine partition to 128GB instead of allowing Time Machine to take up the whole drive.


9. Click Apply.

10. Select the new untitled partition so we can format it as exFAT for use with both Mac and Windows.


11. Click Erase.

12. Give the partition a name and select exFAT for the format.


13. Click Erase to finish.

Your exFAT-formatted drive or partition can now be used for both Windows and Mac. Note that using a drive frequently between Windows and Mac could increase the chances of file corruption, so make sure you have backups of the files on the shared drive and be extra careful about safely ejecting the drive before disconnecting it from your computer.

How to Use Maximum CPU Power in Windows 10

For power-hungry applications, Windows 10 has an option to max out your CPU. It’s not the ideal way to run your computer (it produces extra heat), but it should cover your needs for brief periods of high demand usage.



Here’s how it’s done.

1. Right click the Start menu and select Control Panel.


2. Click Hardware and Sound.


3. Select Power Options.


4. Find Processor power management and open the menu for Minimum processor state.


5. Change the setting for on battery to 100%.


6. Change the setting for plugged in to 100%.

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