Jitu's Pensieve: How to lock folders in your computer

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We have so many softwares available to lock and unlock folders and drives. But you can do somewhat the same thing without the help of any software.

Suppose that you want to lock a folder named 'Jitu' in any drive of your computer. Just follow these simple steps to lock and unlock.

--> Open notepad and type
ren Jitu Jitu.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

--> Save it as lock.bat in the same drive as that of your folder.
(Don't forget to select 'all files' for 'save as type' while saving)

--> Open notepad again and type ren Jitu.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Jitu

-->Save it as unlock.bat in the same drive as that of your folder.
(Don't forget to select 'all files' for 'save as type' while saving)

Now,
To lock the folder
just double click on the lock.bat and the folder will be inaccessible
To unlock the folder
Just double click on unlock.bat

Note:
--> Please don't use this trick to lock your critical folders. You can use any popular software to lock your important folders.

--> Please let me know if you are facing any problem while following the above steps.