To password protect a folder in Windows 10, you'll need to open the folder's "Properties" menu. There's no way to recover a folder's password if you forget it, so make sure you write the password ...

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Knowing how to password protect a folder in Windows 10 allows you a degree of protection from the people you share your computer with — or from someone stealing your hard drive.

Everyone has private data on their PC, and one of the best ways to safeguard that is to password protect it. But do you know how to password protect a folder?

Windows: If you're looking to stash some files away from other users casually browsing your computer but don't need to go full bore with the encryption, you can create a password protected folder ...