How to lock/hide the folders in windows

There are a lot of methods that you can use to create a password protected folder, most of which require the use of some third party software. Using the below method you can hide your folders .


Read : Make your folder password protect without any software

How to lock/hide the folders in windows ?

Method 1.

To lock/hide a folder without any software follow the steps below.

Step 1. Make a folder in drive c rename it as "abc".

Step 2. Now open command prompt from start menu.

Step 3. Go to start > run, a box will open, in the box type "cmd" and press enter.

Step 4. Type " attrib +s +h c:\abc " and press enter.

Type of write-    attrib(space)+s(space)+h(space)c:\abc


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Step 5. This command will make your folder invisible and it cannot be seen even in hidden files and folders.

Step 6. To make it visible again type " attrib -s -h c:\abc " and press enter. 

Type of write-    attrib(space)-s(space)-h(space)c:\abc


You can lock/hide any other folder also by changing the location (c:\) of your folder.