<TIP> Hide ur folders... Disguise them to "Recycle Bin"

[Abhas]

Hide ur folders... Disguise them to "Recycle Bin"


Suppose you want to lock the folder games in d: which has the path D:\Games In the same drive create a text file and type
ren games games.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Now save this text file as lock.bat

create another text file and type in it
ren games.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} games
Now save this text file as key.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files lock and key.Press lock and the folder games will change to Recycle Bin and you cannot view its contents.Press key and you will get back your original folder.

 

[Harrypotter_fan]

Where do you get this amazing stuff??? Its smashing!

 

[Abhas]

well... just browsed through the registries...and figured out, that this might be a possibility

instead of recycle bin, we can change it to anything, for example...

Recycle Bin = {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Control Panel = {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Zip = {E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}
My Computer = {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

 

[Kev]

I can't really see the point of this. Unless you keep the unlock files offline its not secure as someone can just run the unlock batchfile. In which case you may as well move what you want to hide to a removable media.

If your bothered about people using your pc then why not create proper user accounts with restrictions?

 

[Abhas]

i never said this is the best way to hide the folders... its just one of the ways, which many people may not know about...

regarding the batch files, they are there just to rename the folders.
we can use the command prompt as well to the same effect...

the only thing to remember is the extension... which can be noted down for reference...

 

[sohum]

I'm not sure if anyone has heard of a program called TrueCrypt. You can disguise any file as a volume and protect it with a password/keyfile. It seems pretty useful and if you really want to protect/disguise your data, it seems more sensible to use something that does it for you, instead of trying something and then messing things up because you didn't really know what you were doing.