Folder Guard is a powerful computer security program that you can use to control access to files, folders, and other Windows resources. You can use Folder Guard to lock folder with your personal files and folders with passwords, to stop other users from peeking into your records. You can even completely hide your private folder with your personal files from virtually all applications, and such folder would remain invisible until you enter a valid password. You can also protect sensitive system files from modification or destruction, disable access to the removable drives, restrict access to Control Panel, and more.

You can protect with password virtually any folder, allowing only authorized users to open the protected files or folders. You can password-protect an unlimited number of folders, each with its own password, or you can use the Master Password of Folder Guard to unprotect them all at once.

Folder Guard can hide your personal folders from other users.
You can set up Folder Guard to hide folders (or make them appear empty). The secret folder would be hidden from virtually any program, including Windows Explorer, Office, MS-DOS programs, etc.

Folder Guard can password-protect and restrict access to file folders.
You can password protect folder containing your personal documents to prevent access to your files without the intruder knowing the password.

Folder Guard can control access to programs and files.
You can prevent other users (even the administrators) from using the system tools that can mess up your Windows installation, while allowing such use for yourself or someone who knows the Master password. You can also designate the backup programs as the trusted ones, allowing them to backup your protected files in the background without asking you for the password every time. You can set up Folder Guard to restrict access to Control Panel, to allow only certain users to change the computer settings, while denying that to other users. Folder Guard can restrict access to Windows Settings, too.

Folder Guard can lock access to the USB, CD-ROM and other removable drives.
You can configure Folder Guard to allow or deny access to the removable drives, restricting the user's ability to run or install unauthorized programs on your computer.

Features of Folder Guard

• Hide your personal folders from other users
• Password-protect and restrict access to file folders
• Can control access to programs and files
• Lock access to the USB, CD-ROM, and other removable drives.
• Suitable for a wide range of computer security tasks
• Restrict access to Control Panel and other resources
• Restrict Internet Explorer from downloading programs from the Internet
• Protect your files without encrypting them
• Quickly enable or disable the protection via a "hot key"
• Supports easy recovery in case of emergency
• Works with drives of any format
• Runs on a wide range of Windows platforms

Technical Details and System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7
• RAM (Memory): 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• Free Hard Disk Space: 200 MB or more