Lock and Ulock Folder or files in windows XP

Lock and Ulock Folder or files in windows XP

u can try some soft like folder lock, folder guard
or
u can try this
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By holding down alt, then typing numbers on the number pad (right of the keyboard) you can create special characters. If you hold down alt, then press 1, then let go, you got the ascii character 1. You try some randomn numbers. This goes all the way up to 255. Open a dos prompt, and type md (alt+1+9+4)someword. md is the dos command to make a directoy, now try and open the directory in Windows, you can't. To open it, type ren (alt+1+9+4)someword someword (ren is the dos command to rename)

lock ur personal files
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to secure ur folders u dont need any s/w in windows Xp and win 2000.Just follow the trick.

1) create a folder in any drive (here D:/)

abc --> (ur files)

2)here in "D:/" create two batch files "lock.bat", "unlock.bat". write the following code in it.

In lock.bat
ren abc abc.{0000031D-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

In unlock.bat
ren abc.{0000031D-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} abc


4) place ur personal files inside it. And now press lock.bat in D:, now try opening it. Bingo i think u got it. To unlock click unlock.bat.

** u can change abc to ur folder name.
u can other keys to rename like,

{48F45200-91E6-11CE-8A4F-0080C81A28D4},
{0B6DC6EE-C4FD-11d1-819A-00C04FB69B4D}

[this method was posted in some other forum]