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FolderLocker
Lock and hide folders on Windows
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Lock and hide folders on Windows
2 followers
A 1.4 MB Windows app that locks a folder behind your password or Windows Hello, or hides it from File Explorer completely. Portable zip or Microsoft Store. Fully offline — no account, no cloud, no telemetry.
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I built FolderLocker for a very ordinary reason: my kid uses an old desktop PC at home to play games, and there are a few folders on it I'd rather he didn't open (you can probably guess why:) ). I did look at parental control software, but it felt like far too much — a big install and a pile of settings for something I wanted to handle in one click. So I wrote my own.
It locks a folder behind your password or Windows Hello, or hides it from File Explorer entirely. Everything stays on your machine: no account, no cloud, no telemetry. The whole app is 1.4 MB, and it comes two ways — a portable zip you just unzip and run, or the Microsoft Store version with automatic updates. There's a free tier (3 folders locked, 1 hidden) and a free recovery tool for the day someone forgets a password or reinstalls Windows.
I'm a solo developer and this is a deliberately small utility, not a security suite. If you have a spare minute, I'd be grateful if you gave it a try and told me what you think. Thanks for looking.