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Saturday, September 4, 2010

How to Lock a folder and redirect it to Control Panel


We often keep some private materials which others should not see at the home PC. How can we hide it from others praying eyes. Its very simple and effective. We can redirect the folder to "Control Panel" of "My Documents" whenever any one clicks on them. 

Follow the procedure :

  1. Lets assume you have a folder in drive D names Personal.
  2. Now rename this folder to "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
  3. Anyone clicking on this will be redirected to control panel instead of your folder. So the files remain invisible to others.
  4. Some more options are given below which you can use according to your choice.

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Internet Explorer.{FBF23B42-E3F0-101B-8488-00AA003E56F8}
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
My Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
My Documents.{ECF03A32-103D-11d2-854D-006008059367}
Fonts.{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Now how do we get back to the original folder ?

Please follow the below mentioned procedure :

  1. 1. Go to Start > RUN, type CMD and press enter.
  2. Go to the drive where your folder is located by typing the command ":" and press enter. Here in this case we will type D: and press enter.
  3. Now type "dir/x" and press enter. The folder will be shown as for example with control panel it shows as contro~1.{21.
  4. Now rename this folder to any name using command "ren " without quote.
  5. In this case we will type "ren control~1 Personal".
  6. The folder is unlocked now.

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