1 February 2021John Weaver Senior Program Developer
Summary What should we do when you prevent your privacy information from being viewed by the other people? In this article, we will talk about how to set a password on a Windows folder.
Part 1: Encrypt with Renee File Protector for Network Transfer
Renee File Protector is the software designed for privacy information protection. It is easy for users to add password to encrypt files. Unlike ZIP and RAR, the encryption format of Renee File Protector is private, so no specific tool can decrypt this format.
Renee File Protector - Overall Protection to Your Data
Easy to use Few clicks for whole folder encryption process.
Overall protection Users can hide, lock or get other protection to files in local disk or USB disk.
High Security Classified encryption method prevents data from leakage.
Compression transfer Support to compress and encrypt any files to secure the file transfer security.
Advanced self protection Provide self
Easy to use Few clicks for whole folder encryption process.
Overall protection Users can hide, lock or get other protection to files in local disk or USB disk.
High Security Classified encryption method prevents data from leakage.
Let’s see how to set a password on a folder with Renee File Protector.
1. Download and install Renee File Protector. Set the login password at the first time.
2. Under [General], click on [Encrypt File] and then select the target file or folder.
3. Name for the encrypted folder and select to encrypt to gfl or exe.
Tips: The gfl file shall be opened in the computer installed with Renee File Protector. You can encrypt the file to gfl when you transfer the personal file between different computers.
The exe file can be decrypted with the correct password, without any specific application. You can encrypt files to this format when you transfer to the other people.
4. Finally, set a password on the folder/file. Next time, enter the correct password to decrypt.
Part 2: Encrypt with Renee SecureSilo for Batch Files
Renee SecureSilo is the professional encryption software that specializes in creating the virtual silo to save files with the advanced encryption technology. The files saved in the silo are hard to be discovered. Besides, you can quickly open the silo to modify the files, not to decompress the encrypted folder. After modifying the files, you don’t need to compress the folder/file again. That saves time in compression.
Renee SecureSilo – Encrypt Confidential Data
Encrypt files in seconds Encrypt files with virtual encrypted disk and whole process can be finished in 1 second.
User friendly Concise interface helps users master the software in short time.
1. Download and install Renee SecureSilo. Then, click on [Create Silo].
2. Name for the silo and click on [Next] to go on setting a password.
3. Select the size for the silo and click on [Next] to create the silo.
4. Click on [+] to get in the silo from the floating window. Then, place the files into the silo. Finally, close the silo to encrypt.
Part 3: Encrypt with WinRAR for Network Transfer
WinRAR is the common compression software. In fact, it can be used to encrypt folders. Next, we will tell you how to set a password on a folder with this software.
1. Install WinRAR and navigate to the target folder. Then, right click at the folder and select [Add to archive].
2. Set the password and compress the file.
3. Next time, enter the correct password to open the archive.
Limit: The file should be decompress when you want to modify.
Part 4: Modify Folder Properties
If you don’t want to install any application, you can encrypt a folder with the properties. Here are the steps about how to set a password on a folder with the properties.
1. Navigate to the target folder and then right click at it. Select [Properties].
2. Select [Advanced].
3. Check [Encrypt contents to secure data].
4. Confirm the change and click on [OK].
5. Next time, enter the correct password to open the file. If you change another account, the system will not allow you to view the folder.
Limit: Through this method, you can only encrypt the files in the NTFS partition, the FAT partition excluded. Besides, this method does not fit the Windows home version.
Part 5: Conclusions
To protect the privacy information, we usually add password to the folders. How to set a password on a folder easily? From the above contents, we’ve known that Renee File Protector and Renee SecureSilo are safe, reliable and easy to use. Importantly, they will not modify the properties and contents.
