Windows 10: how can i password protect/encrypt a folder?

Discus and support how can i password protect/encrypt a folder? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; i want to encrypt/ password protect a folder, but when i try to turn on encryption for the folder the area is greyed out, i downloaded winrar and 7zip... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Creep, Nov 2, 2020.

  1. Creep Win User

    how can i password protect/encrypt a folder?


    i want to encrypt/ password protect a folder, but when i try to turn on encryption for the folder the area is greyed out, i downloaded winrar and 7zip but when i try to password protect or encrypt the folder it says folder not found, i edited the registry, i used encryption0 command for cmd but nothing is working.

    :)
     
    Creep, Nov 2, 2020
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  2. Private folders encrypted and password protected folders

    Im posting this because i've been looking for a free tool like this sense XP thought people should know about it *Toast :toast:

    Windows 7 when combined with Pismo get’s an incredible feature of creating password protected folders ( *.pfo ) which they call as Private Folders. It is just like any other folder to which you can add any folder and do any operation but not password protections just comes out of the box in Windows 7.

    Updated :

    To create a private folder, you need to make a right click, select new and then private folders

    how can i password protect/encrypt a folder? [​IMG]


    How to create private folder in windows 7

    how can i password protect/encrypt a folder? [​IMG]


    To re-lock right click unmount

    Windows 7
    private folders

    Here are the features which will interest you :

    * Password protection.
    * Mount visibility to owner or entire users group.
    * In case you make it available to entire user group, you get option to make it available as network drive
    * Type of access to users , Read or Read and Write

    Private folders are just incredible way to share private data with set of people you want. This is what makes private folders rock. Its just not securing your data but also sharing data privately with others. You can download Pismo Private Folder from here
     
    Live OR Die, Nov 2, 2020
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  3. Can't encrypt or password protect folders?

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you faced.
    I will certainly help you with this.

    The information which you have provided is not enough for us to determine the issue. Please provide us more information.

    • Are you logging-in using Administrator User account?
    • Is this issue specific to any particular folder or persist in all the folders?


    Encrypting File System (EFS) is a feature of Windows that you can use to store information on your hard disk in an encrypted format. Encryption is the strongest protection that Windows provides to help you keep your information secure. I suggest you to try
    log-in through other Administrator account and perform the below given steps to encrypt the folder and check if it works:

    How to encrypt a file

    • Right-click (or tap and hold) a file or folder and select Properties.
    • Select the Advanced... button and select the Encrypt contents to secure data check box.
    • Select OK to close the Advanced Attributes window, select
      Apply, and then select OK.


    Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Parth P Patel, Nov 2, 2020
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  4. twilyth Win User

    how can i password protect/encrypt a folder?

    Private folders encrypted and password protected folders

    How good is the encryption?

    I use the encrypted file approach and mount it to a drive letter. I like having all those files in the same place and I can copy it to any other computer or backup it up to ftp, server or whatever. All I need is to have a copy of TC installed at the new location. I'm guessing the priv folders feature is like NTFS file security except, would you be able to take ownership on the new machine?

    IDK.

    If you need solid and/or multi-layer encryption, you have to at least look at TC.
     
    twilyth, Nov 2, 2020
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