Awesome-Python-Scripts/Folder Locker & Hider/readme.md

# Folder Locker & Hider

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Folder Locker & Hider is a simple python tkinter based application to lock / unlock and hide folders
using simple windows property

![Alt text](app.png?raw=true "Folder Locker & Hider")

This app is only for windows platform

## How to Download

Download this project from here [Download Folder Locker & Hider](https://downgit.github.io/#/home?url=https://github.com/pyGuru123/Tkinter-Applications/tree/master/Folder%20Locker%20%26%20Hider)

## Requirements

	No external package is required

## Usage

Double click the application.pyw script to open the GUI application, then

to lock folder:
	click the lock folder button, select the folder that you want to lock, enter a password and then click lock folder button to lock the folder, the folder will now be hidden automatically.

	password should be greater than 4 digits in length, the locked folder can only be unlocked by using this app, also the folder will not show wven when show hidden items is checked

to unlock folder:
	click the unlock folder button, select the locked folder name from the listbox on the right [double click it], then enter the correct password and unlock it by click the unlock folder button.
	The folder will now be unhidden automatically


## Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.