Windows 10: Does anyone know of a software that will lock a flash drive's software, encrypt the whole...

I don't do volumes, partitions, folders or vaults I don't trust the idea of keeping things in a folder or similar that could somehow corrupt the password and screw me over. And I mean that a password block should appear when plugging it in a computer or phone.

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Any software to lock a running program?

Does anyone know of an ap or program that will allow me to lock software while in use so that it cannot be closed without a password or similar?

For example, if I have a media player open and running music is there a way or an ap that will allow no one to be able to close it, minimize it or use any other software on the PC?

Thanks for any suggestions...

 

How do I encrypt a flash drive using Windows 10.

Here are some resources from the internet to help you:

From MakeUseOf:

How to Encrypt a Flash Drive: 5 Password Protection Tools

From TechWiser:

10 Best USB Encryption Software to Lock Your Flash Drive (2019)

I have good personal experience with Cryptainer.

Normally, you keep a USB flash drive with you, so encryption isn't really necessary. But if you do want to encrypt, a USB flash drive with hardware-based encryption is more secure, but they're also more expensive.

 

Recommendations for encryption & locking software wanted

I currently us a program called Protect Folder by Everstrike Software. I'm fairly satisfied with the product, but I'm not sure the company is still a going concern. Also, the few times I've tried to get technical support I got no response. So I'm trying to find alternatives.

Features I find important:

• Folders are password protected. Until the password is entered the folder looks empty to File Explorer.
• Folders are encrypted. If the software is removed, everything in the folder (including contents of sub-directories) is unreadable.
• An unlocked file is locked when the user logs out of when the PC goes to sleep.
• A folder unlocked for one user of the PC is still locked for other users. (Actually, I'm not sure if that's true for Protect Folder, but it's important to me.)

Are there other programs around that provide these features? I'm willing to pay, but not too much. (I think Folder Protect cost around $35 per PC 4 or 5 years ago when I bought it.)