Since the whole encrypt thing annoyed the hell out of me and I dont trust any third party encryption software, I know a little trick to make your folders invisible. Who needs the encryption if you can't see any folders? I can only imagine people know about this but here's what to do, simple really!
1) - Create and new folder on the desktop and while the text is still highlighted, hold ALT and type 0160 on the numeric keypad. The name will now be blank so you can just click on the folder to set it.
2) - Now it's name is blank, all you have to do is change the icon (file>properties>advanced>change icon) and select the icon from SHELL32.dll that is completely blank.
3) - Posisiton your new found secret folder wherever you wish, I suggest in another empty folder to decieve someone who may be snooping. They'll think "um, ok it's empty" when it's not really. So enjoy!
cool tip
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great tip to hide things from people but hardly a replacement for encryption. Thanks for the trick but i'm sticking with pgp.
01010000011010010111001001100001011101000110010100 10000000110100001000000110110001101001011001100110 0101
perfect unless someone runs a search and figures it out, or sees the suspicious blank spot in a detailed view
what is there worth hiding? pon? doc files?ll you have to do is search by obvious extensions and you'll find them, nameless folder or not
You can always just make it Hidden....
Or you could just use an O/S thats not hacked up and use EFS like everyone else.
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there's a solution, a whopping 10 seconds worth of work for anyone with the ability to tick a box to "unhide" itYou can always just make it Hidden....
Groovy but remember kids if someone wants to find somthing they well
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