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Can anyone give me the link to something free which can lock things so that only i  that knows the password can view the folders/documents/items in there.
I did get one, but it seems it was only a trial version and so i need a different one that doesnt run out

WinRar does this.

http://www.truecrypt.org/ does that

why use another program when you have winrar :/ (I'm guessing you have it installed EBFL

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Originally posted by Nathan
why use another program when you have winrar

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Not everyone will have WinRAR. And I also suspect the encryption level in a dedicated encryption tool like TrueCrypt is higher than in a file archiver like WinRAR,

I've used AxCrypt for a while, which does the job too. Only thing is, last time i tried it had some limitations on 64bit Windows.

Well, most people will use winrar becuase of other programs putting them into winrars archive

Winrar and other archivers aren't transparent. That is, they can encrypt stuff, but you always need to decrypt them first and expand them before you can do anything with it.

I suspect EBFL wants something transparent, so he can use it like it wasn't there in Windows. Something like dt suggested.

Somebody at Microsoft also once made a tool for this and it works extremely good. It is extremely small and doesn't require to run anything in the background or whatever. It creates an encrypted map on your harddisk. And it works totally transparant. You only need to enter your password the first time you access the folder (and it isn't stored anywhere, but in memory):

I can't remember the name anymore, but I know I linked to it in one of the many threads which already exist on these forums asking for the exact same thing (search search search before po... you know the drill... )

EDIT: The program I'm talking about: "My Private Folder", see:
CookieRevised's reply to Password Protect Folder

Also note that you don't need any program to protect some folders/files from curious eyes. You can simply use Windows' own encrypted on private folders of user accounts:
http://www.infosrama.com/digitalseeker/2006/06/mi...how-to-set-as.html

And a small selection of other threads asking for something like this:
Password Protection for Folders?
password protected folders
file encrypting
Password Protect Folder
etc...