Friday, August 17, 2012

how to protect our personal folder without any software

You may have seen may software to lock the folder/files and you may also have seen batch programs to do the same. Today I am going to share with you a Basic Dos Command which will help you to Restrict Access to Folder/File. The only thing you need for this is the Administrator Access on Windows Machine.

Follow the Below Given Steps to restrict access: 

1.) Open Command Prompt in Windows
2.) Type the Following Command :
cacls "" /E /P everyone:n
For example: calcs "C:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Lock.txt" /E /P everyone :n
3.) Remember that path of file/folder should be in double quotes (""). You will get the following message on Success
"Processed File: C:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Lock.txt"
4.) Now when you try to open the File/Folder You will get the message "Access is denied".

Now to Unlock Folder/File and to give it the full access, follow below given steps:

1.) Open Command Prompt in Windows
2.) Type the Following Command :
cacls "" /E /P everyone:f
For example: calcs "C:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Lock.txt" /E /P everyone :f
3.) Remember that path of file/folder should be in double quotes (""). You will get the following message on Success
"Processed File: C:\users\Administrator\Desktop\Lock.txt"
4.) You have successfully unlocked the file/folder

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