Do you want to lock and password protect your important folders in
Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP? If you have some sensitive files such as
photos, videos or documents that you don't want anyone else to see, the
best solution is to lock and password protect them in a folder.
Protect My Folders
is a folder security software for everyone who is concerned about
privacy and confidentiality of the files stored in the computer. With
this program you can hide your private files so that other users will
not be aware of their existence, or lock your personal folders and
prevent them from being seen, copied, modified and deleted.
How to Lock and Password Protect A Folder in Windows
- Download the Protect My Folders application. Install it on your computer.
- For the first time usage, it will ask you to set a password to
prevent others from accessing this application. Just enter the password
to open main interface.

- Now, click the "Add/Lock" button, the Add Files and Folders
dialog will appear. Select a folder and file you want to lock and press
OK.
- Now you'll notice the selected folder or file has disappeared
from its former location. Even if you try to copy, delete, move or
rename the parent directory of your protected folder or file, you'll
keep getting the "Access Denied" error.
- Exit the Protect My Folders application. The protected folder or file remains protected.
To unlock a password protected folder, launch the application. It
will ask you to enter the password you've set previously. On successful
authentication, the program will open. Just select the folder you want
to unlock, and then click the "Unlock" button! It's that simple!
Method 1: Windows Password Hint
When setting a Windows password on Windows 8, you are able to create a hint to help you remember the lost or forgotten Window password. Of course, the password hint will not appear until you input a wrong Windows password. With the help of hint, you can easily to remember the forgotten password.Method 2: Use Password Reset Disk
You can easily create a password reset disk in Windows 8 if you can log on your computer. The password reset disk can help you reset Windows password when you forget Windows password. No need to worry about anything if you have a password reset disk. But in fact, many users forget to create a password reset disk before lost Windows password.Method 3: Reset Windows Password by Another Available Admin Account
If you are able to log in your computer with built-in administrator account or other available admin account, Windows password reset can be very simple for you. After logging on computer, just click My Computer icon to select Manage to enter Computer Management screen, and then click Local Users and Groups folder and Users folder. All Windows accounts will be displayed for you. Right-click the account you want to edit and select Reset Password to reset your lost Windows password.Method 4: Recover Windows Password with Ophcrack
Ophcrack is an open source Windows password recovery tool based on rainbow tables. The program contains the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is claimed that these tables can crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes.Method 5: Reset Windows Password by Third-party Software
With respect to get rid of forgotten Windows 8 password, you can still resort to Windows password recovery software to reset Windows 8 password.