Lock A Folder Using Notepad, Make it Inaccessible without Key

Want to know how to to lock a folder using Notepad ? Here is the trick :

Consider you want to lock a folder named PICS in your D:\ , whose path is D:\PICS
Now open the Notepad and type the following:


ren pics pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}


Where pics is your folder name. Save the text file as lock.bat in the same drive.
Open another new notepad text file and type the following:


ren pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} pics



Save the text file as key.bat in the same drive.
Usage :

To lock the pics folder, simply click the loc.bat and it will transform into control panel icon which is inaccessible.
To unlock the folder click the key.bat file. Thus the folder will be unlocked and the contents are accessible.

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