How to Protect Folders With Passwords
Both MacOS and Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education Editions have their own encryption programs that you can use to encrypt and password-protect files and folders on your hard drive. Windows 10 Home Edition does not come with any encryption software, but you can still use third-party software to encrypt and password-protect your files and folders.
1-Press ⊞ Win+E to open File Explorer. File Explorer has an icon that resembles a folder with a blue clip. Click the File Explorer icon in the taskbar, or press the Windows key + E to open File Explorer. Windows Pro, Enterprise, and Education Editions have their own built-in file encryption software called BitLocker. BitLocker can be used to encrypt an entire hard drive, or individual folders and files.
2-Navigate to a folder you want to password protect, and right-click it. This displays a pop-up menu to the right of the folder.
3-Click Properties. It's at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
4-Click Advanced. It's at the bottom of the Properties window next to "Attributes".
5-Click the checkbox next to "Encrypt contents to secure data." It's at the bottom of the Advanced Attributes windows next to "Compress or Encrypt Attributes."
6-Click Ok followed by Apply. This starts the process of encrypting your folder.
7-Select "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files" and click Ok. It's the second radio option in the "Confirm Attributes Changes" window.
8-Click the "Back up your file encryption key" in the pop-up message. You can also find this pop-up message in the Notifications window by clicking the icon that resembles a square-shaped speech box in the Taskbar.
9-Insert a USB flash drive in a USB port and click Back up now (recommended). This will back up your encryption key to a flash drive. This will help prevent you from losing access to your files if you forget your password.
10-Click Next two times. First, click Next at the bottom of the Certificate Export Wizard welcome window. Then click Next again to create a new password.
11-Select "Personal Information Exchange - PKCS #12" and click Next. This is the default option in the Certificate Export Wizard window. Then click Next in the lower-right corner.
12-Check "Password" and enter your password twice. To create a new password, click the checkbox next to "Password" and then enter your desired password in the two fields below the checkbox. Make sure you enter the exact same password both times.
13-Click Next. It's in the lower-right corner of the Certificate Export Window.
14-Navigate to the USB drive. Use the file browser to navigate to the location of your USB drive. This may be a temporary "D:" or "E:" drive.
15-Type a name for the certificate and click Save. This saves the certificate as a ".pfx" file.
16-Click Next and then Finish. This finishes the process of encrypting and password-protecting your folder. You can now eject the USB drive and put it in a safe location.
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