Easily Password-Protect & Hide Folders Without Installing An Apps
Keep your computer locked
when not in use and chances are unlikely that someone’s gonna tinker
with your confidential data. But one can’t be too careful, and may end
up leaving an unlocked computer unattended at times, especially when
it’s a shared computer used by different family members. In such cases,
application that let you lock specific folders can come handy? When it
comes to finding a good application for the purpose, portability is
often an attribute users seek, especially for locking folders on their
thumb drives. Anvide Lock Folder is
a portable Windows application built for that very purpose. It allows
you to hide or lock multiple folders via a master password. You can use
it on your hard disk, or place its tiny executable on a USB flash
storage and slip it into your pocket for keeping your files secure on
the go. From its intuitive UI to its easily understandable set of
options, the tool keeps things dead simple.
Anvide
Lock Folder is a multilingual application with support for four
languages. You can choose your desired language upon first launch of the
app. Simply select the appropriate flag and hit the tick button below.
You’re
then presented with Anvide’s main application interface, which carries a
set of buttons on top, and your locked folders list below, which is
empty by default. To use the app, the first things you’ll need to do is
selecting the folders that you want to protect. To do that, click the +
button at the top and add the folder of your choice to the list. You can
add multiple folders in a similar fashion. Once ready, click the Lock
button on the toolbar to hide all the directories in the list. Likewise,
you can click the unlock button to unhide or unprotect all the folders
in the list. If you want to protect only one folder, simply highlight
that item from the list and click Lock.
But
how good a folder locker will be without password protection? Worry
not; Anvide lets you specify a master password for the app so that no
one but you are able to access, lock and unlock folders. To specify the
password, click the wrench button on the toolbar to open Options, and go
to the Security tab. Once there, enter your desired password, confirm
it, and click the tick button. The Options window also carries some
additional configurable parameters under Basic settings and Language
tabs.
Another
interesting bit is the ability to customize the app’s appearance. It
comes packaged with three custom skin packs, and I found the Dark skin
particularly elegant from the trio. In addition, you can toggle Windows
Aero and Animation effects, status bar etc., as well as adjust color and
contrast intensity of the selected skin.
Although
not the very advanced tool of its kind, Anvide is a simple and highly
useful app with some nifty features to protect your confidential files.
It works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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