The famous saying “Prevention is better than cure” applies to your PC too whether its security or when its about your saved documents. When an other person is using your computer at times when you are not at home he can get access to your secret documents. Its better advice to have those file and folders hidden from other person to view. You can hide files and folders in windows easily and we had earlier also covered Folder lock as the software for file encryption but its a paid one. One such free tool to hide your files is WinMend Folder Hidden.
WinMend Folder Hidden is an interesting security tool that can easily hide any folder or files on any drive of your computer. This is just not limited to your personal computer drive but you can also hide files from flash drives, memory cards and other external devices possibly all devices where you can store data. The data protected by WinMend Folder Hidden is completely not visible by others user even if its carried from one hard drive to other.
WinMend Folder Hidden also has the options of password protected files.
WinMend Folder Hidden can be downloaded from any software sharing site having a size of less than 2 MB and once installed you are ready for the work.
When you open it for the first time it will ask for password, so set your password here containing atleast 6 characters, once provided here is the front basic screen.
Now to hide folder click on Hide Folder and select destination. Add whatever files that you want to hide and it will perform the same action. You also have the option of unhide.
Here is what I have hidden a file using the software and I did verify it.
Although if you unhide a file, its still available in the history for your to hide it again.
This software is best for home use only and its completely a freeware. WinMend Folder Hidden works for Windows 2000/ windows XP/ Windows Vista and Windows 7 both 32 bit and 64 bit.