See the Lock button in the title bar of the Explorer window on the image above? It appears there right after you unlock the folder.

Press the Unlock button and a prompt for the password should appear on the screen:Įnter the password and the folder should unlock and you can now open the files and/or subfolders it contains, as usual: Instead of the files in the protected folder, you should see the Unlock button. Now let's see the password protection in action: run Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder you've just protected. Press the Protect button on the toolbar to actually start protecting the folder (or, if the protection is already in effect, press the Apply button to apply the new settings.) Press Finish and that's it! The password-protected folder will appear in the list of the protected objects in the Folder Guard window.

Press Next and review the options offered for this password:Īdjust the password properties, if needed. On the next screen, select the Lock with a password option and press the Choose the password button to specify the password: This should prompt you first to specify the folder you want to protect, which you can select by pressing the Browse for folder button: When the Folder Guard application opens, click on the Lock a folder with a password link:

To protect a folder with a password, run Folder Guard and choose the Change folder protection settings link:

How to put a password on a folder