How to password protect a folder without any software?

Note: This tutorial is not for beginners.

Step 1:

  First step, all you have to do is just create a new folder.

Step 2:

 Navigate to the newly created folder(that you want to protect with password) and create a new Text Document "lock.bat"(Note that the file extension should be in 'bat' not in 'txt').

Step 3:

Inside the text document, type these codes:

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Private

if EXIST "EYEMATRICX 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 "EYEMATRICX Locker"

attrib +h +s "EYEMATRICX Locker"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo eyematricx batch locker

echo Enter password to unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%== typeyourpasswordhere goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "EYEMATRICX Locker"

ren "EYEMATRICX Locker" Private

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Private

echo Private created successfully

goto End

:End

Step 4:

 Replace "typeyourpasswordhere" with your own password. Save the file and Run  the "lock.bat" file.

Step 5:

Now you will see the new folder "Private" is created. It will quickly disappears.

Step 6:

Run the script and it will ask for a password. Type the password(default password is typeyourpasswordhere). The folder will appear again. Keep your files inside the folder and run the file again. Your folder is now locked and hidden.

Step 7:

 Everytime you want to access the folder, you need to run the file and type the password.(Wrong passwords will terminate the command window i.e. Script)