Click the green button that says Download. Open the install file in your web browser or Downloads folder. Click the checkbox to agree to the license terms and conditions. Click Install. Click Launch. Enter your email address and click Ok. Make sure you enter a valid email address. A verification code will be sent to your email address. Retrieve the verification code from your email. Open the email address you entered and look for an email from AxCrypt. It will contain your verification code.
It may be in your junk mail, or spam folder. Enter the verification code. After retrieving the verification code, enter it in the small box that says "Verification code" in the AxCrypt window.
Enter your password twice and click Ok. Make sure you enter the exact same password in both password fields. This is the password you will use to encrypt and decrypt your folders.
You may want to write your password down and put it in a safe place. If you lose your password, you may not be able to access your files. Once you log in to AxCrypt, you do not need to enter your password each time you enter your password.
Don't be afraid to use a strong password. Enter your password and Ok. This will log you into AxCrypt. Click Start Trial or Not Now. Otherwise, click Not Now. Navigate to a folder you want to password-protect and right-click it. This will display a pop-up menu next to the folder. Hover over AxCrypt and click Encrypt. After AxCrypt is installed and you are signed in, this option appears in the pop-up menu that appears when you right-click a file or folder in File Explorer. This will display a sub-menu.
Click Encrypt in the sub-menu. Enter your password and click Ok. This converts the folder and all the files into encrypted ". To access the files again, right-click the folder in File Explorer and hover over AxCrypt. Click Decrypt. Method 3.
This will open the Disk Utility app. Click File. This menu item is in the top-left side of the Mac's screen. Select New Image , then click Image from Folder. This will open a finder window. On some older Macs, this option may be labeled "Disk Image from Folder" instead. Select the folder you want to password protect and click Open. Click the box at the top of the pop-up window, click your folder's location e.
Click the "Encryption" drop-down box and select bit AES encryption. It's in the "Encryption" drop-down menu. This option will allow you add and remove files to your encrypted folder later. Click Save. This button is in the bottom-right corner of the window. Create a password and click Choose. Enter a password you want to set for your folder in the "Password" field, and enter it again in the "Verify" field to confirm.
Then click the "Choose" button to set the password. Your passwords must match in order to continue. It's a blue button at the bottom of the window. Doing so will create an encrypted copy of the original folder. If you named your image the same thing as your original folder, click Replace when prompted to replace the folder.
Click Done when prompted. Your password-protected folder has been created. If you put the files you'd like to protect in a zip file, you can then apply a password. When you hide a folder or file in Windows, the folder or file does not appear in the directory list, unless the Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives setting is unchecked.
Right-click on the file or folder that you want to hide. Select Properties. Click the General tab, under the Attributes section, check Hidden. Click Apply. If the file or folder remains visible in the directory, you will need to enable another setting. To see your hidden files or folder, repeat the instructions above, but click Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
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Click Enter , and the Folder Locker window will disappear, along with the Locker folder itself! Your secrets are safe! The Locker folder is back. You can open it to find your hidden files. Repeat Steps 17, 18 and 19 to lock the folder again. To learn more about how to make use of your laptop, check out our guide for what to do as you set up your new laptop. We've also got instructions if you're trying to figure out how to reset Windows 10 PCs and how to reset your password in Windows Lastly, tired of Windows?
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