Hides password protected folders from System and applications, making them more secure. Its free, easy to use and can be accessed easily via Keyboard shortcuts. You can also change the way My Lockbox shows notifications, change the password or check for updates for the program. You can change various setting like, auto locking folders when system hibernates, change the protected folder location, change the looks of the program window by changing the theme and change the shortcut access keys for the programs. The dashboard for this program lists all the options at the bottom. You can double-click or right click the system tray icon to access the My Lockbox dashboard. Once you input the correct password and click on OK, Lockbox would show notify you that your locked folder is now open via a pop-up in the system tray. The very first time you run it, it will as you to enter a password to unlock your password protected folder. My Lockbox in Action:Īfter installation and going through the above setup options, you can start My Lockbox from the start menu. Now that setting up the program is done, lets see how it works. However, since the free version allows you to password protect only one folder, we would advice you to keep this option unchecked. If you keep the box checked, the windows explorer right-click menu will show the option to protect any folder using My Lockbox. Once you select the folder location and click next, it gives you the option to add “Protect with my lockbox” option to the right click menu in Windows Explorer. Once you provide this information, click on next, where the program asks you to specify the folder that you need to password protect. On the first setup screen My Lockbox asks you to specify a password and a password hint. 
Once you download (link below) My lockbox and start the installation process, you would need to provide a few details and set up a few options. My Lockbox is a useful utility which effectively password protects your folder by keeping them hidden from the system and applications as well, and they remain hidden even if the computer is started in safe mode. The program may hide the folder from a user, but it still shows up in the Windows Search results. There are many folder password protection utilities, but not all of them are quite effective. In such a case password protecting the folder which has your private data makes sense. The latest Operating Systems have made it extremely easy to access and search for data on the computer. This is true especially if a computer is shared with others.
There are times when one needs to keep some personal files private and away from prying eyes.
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