Password protected folders (No clips, just a question)

[suspect09]

I've been thinking a lot about my fetish lately and how honest I want to be with potential girl friends.
In the past I have gone as far as needlessly deleting my collection so there was nothing I was physically "hiding" from my ex (although that's an entirely different story).

At this point I've collected quite a bit to the point that I can't just wipe everything out and my external hard-drive is fucked, so i ask this forum, as I am essentially the Forrest Gump of the computer world, how do I take my porn and move it to a password protected folder? What are the steps, if someone searches "fart" on my computer will the files still show up etc.

Any advice here is appreciated.

[djfingerher]

I heard Truecrypt is good, but I personally use Bitlocker, which is installed on Windows 7. It locks the hardrive with a password that you choose, and the files are only searchable only when you unlock the hardrive which has bitlocker on it.

[bro3886x]

For destroying explorer history, recently opened files history, internet browser history etc CCleaner is probably the most efficienct.

As mentioned above TrueCrypt is great, although if you log on to the same account as your girlfriend it is pretty useless as the files are still perfectly accessible whilst logged in. The main benefit of this method is that the login password is needed to decrypt any information even if the hard disk is physically interrogated... over the top maybe.

If you want to actually have a proper hiding place for files (not sure if many or any know of this) you can employ the following method.

Choose a directory to hide things in, NOT the desktop. Within this directory create a new file and rename it to something that sound dangerous to touch such as "xkill.bat". It won't really be dangerous! Right click edit this file in notepad and paste this:

"REN System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE} Archive"

This is our unlocking batch file as you will see.

Now, create a new folder. Put any files to hide in here. Afterwards rename the folder to "System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}" and the folder will then become a shortcut to system settings under Windows 7. The folder and its content are hidden and cannot be searched for, until you run the batch file created above which performs the rename and opens it back up again. If you are really paranoid you can add the batch file to a password protected zip file but part of the trick is that to anybody but you, the batch file seems dangerous and is of no interest, same with the system shortcut.

[lololo]

Hide it in a fake system files. Somewhere dangerous sounding that people don't just look in every day, even for porn.
You could always make it a hidden file and then ask why, if she unhides hidden files and tell her its wrong to snoop. I mean if you really wanted, you could flip it on her if she starts snooping. That is, if you can keep your composure and truly act like you've got nothing to hide.

[afangorn]

I'm gonna go with the advice someone gave me ages ago
Dont hide, because hiding implies you've done something inherently wrong and you're ashamed of it. That would make the ladies more suspicious, and encourage them to look even more should this come to light.

So put a shortcut on your desktop called PORN, and just for laughs put everything in there into a folder labled "NO SERIOUSLY, THIS IS PORN". Then you can tell her "well what did you think was in there? classical poetry and physics homework?"
Might as well let them look from day one so its not a thing you're worried about constantly

[lololo]

I think the point of a girlfriend, in most girls minds, is not needing porn. I think They feel jealous that you find other women sexy and watch them instead of her.

[lerkerboi]

Just use truecrypt

[1313Jr.1313]

I'm gonna go with the advice someone gave me ages ago
Dont hide, because hiding implies you've done something inherently wrong and you're ashamed of it. That would make the ladies more suspicious, and encourage them to look even more should this come to light.

So put a shortcut on your desktop called PORN, and just for laughs put everything in there into a folder labled "NO SERIOUSLY, THIS IS PORN". Then you can tell her "well what did you think was in there? classical poetry and physics homework?"
Might as well let them look from day one so its not a thing you're worried about constantly

i'd vote for this one. there are tons of ways to hide things from her, but in the end there probably is no need to.

[79Kai83]

Choose a directory to hide things in, NOT the desktop. Within this directory create a new file and rename it to something that sound dangerous to touch such as "xkill.bat". It won't really be dangerous! Right click edit this file in notepad and paste this:

"REN System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE} Archive"

This is our unlocking batch file as you will see.

Now, create a new folder. Put any files to hide in here. Afterwards rename the folder to "System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}" and the folder will then become a shortcut to system settings under Windows 7. The folder and its content are hidden and cannot be searched for, until you run the batch file created above which performs the rename and opens it back up again. If you are really paranoid you can add the batch file to a password protected zip file but part of the trick is that to anybody but you, the batch file seems dangerous and is of no interest, same with the system shortcut.

That is absolutely brilliant! Thank you!

[suspect09]

If you want to actually have a proper hiding place for files (not sure if many or any know of this) you can employ the following method.

Choose a directory to hide things in, NOT the desktop. Within this directory create a new file

This is going to sound retarded (because again, I'm not the best with computers) but what type of file do you create? Like just a text document? When I right click it gives me the option of bitmap image, contact, text document, rich text document etc.


and rename it to something that sound dangerous to touch such as "xkill.bat".

I could name it anything though, right? The REN System part below is what matters more?


Right click edit this file in notepad and paste this:

"REN System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE} Archive"

This is our unlocking batch file as you will see.

Now, create a new folder. Put any files to hide in here. Afterwards rename the folder to "System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}" and the folder will then become a shortcut to system settings under Windows 7. The folder and its content are hidden and cannot be searched for, until you run the batch file created above which performs the rename and opens it back up again.

When you say run the batch file (again, bear with me here), you mean using the Windows run prompt? Do I have to run it every time I want to access the folder or is it only to find files? Can I still add files to the folder?

I apologize for the flurry of questions that probably have more obvious answers than I'm aware of, just trying to get a handle on this thing.

[bro3886x]

This is going to sound retarded (because again, I'm not the best with computers) but what type of file do you create? Like just a text document? When I right click it gives me the option of bitmap image, contact, text document, rich text document etc.


Create it as a new directory. Renaming it exactly as typed is the key; it tricks Windows into thinking that the directory is actually the System icon/shortcut.



I could name it anything though, right? The REN System part below is what matters more?


That is correct, the REN command is necessary as it is not possible to "unrename" the icon through the user interface. The name is more of a ploy to prevent people executing it... normally however the batch file icon scares people away anyway!



When you say run the batch file (again, bear with me here), you mean using the Windows run prompt? Do I have to run it every time I want to access the folder or is it only to find files? Can I still add files to the folder?


If you have the batch file correctly named with a .bat extension, it should show the standard batch (gears) icon. Double clicking is sufficient to execute the file and effectively unlock the stash. When the directory is actually the System icon, you will not be able to add anything or do anything useful to the underlying files. When it is renamed back to the correct folder name you can do as you please as always, simply rename to "System.{BB06C0E4-D293-4F75-8A90-CB05B6477EEE}"... guess you could make a seperate batch file to carry out this rename too if you needed too.

The basic theory is that as a folder, you can place anything you want inside it, your computer knows that you have "/path/to/folder/video.wmv" however what the rename does is remove the "folder" part... ordinarily Windows would ajust this part to the new folder name but doesn't since the System icon is not a valid folder after all. Subsequently the files are invisible to the user interface but the entries to the file still remain. When you rename the System icon back to become the original folder name, all of the files are linked back again.