On Windows 11/10 PCs, most users set up an admin/login password to prevent others from accessing their computers without their knowledge; however, this may not be enough if we need to protect ...

The second is that once you set the password, there's no way to recover it if you forget it. Here's how to password protect a folder on your PC.

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. As the name ...

Do you want to protect folders and files with a password? Here's how on Windows 11.

For an added measure of security, you should assign a password to any folder containing truly sensitive data. But Windows doesn't offer that option, so try these solutions instead.

A reader wants to know if there's a way to lock down a folder without installing third-party software. Here are some options, both with and without software.