FolderLocker
Lock and hide folders on Windows
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A 1.4 MB Windows app that locks a folder behind your password or Windows Hello, or hides it from File Explorer completely. Portable zip or Microsoft Store. Fully offline — no account, no cloud, no telemetry.
PH · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop file management utilities · 185 launches, 33 in the last 7 days ▲ +3% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Security
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Windows
- Kids & Parenting
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More like this: all 185 launches in desktop file management utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes A Windows utility that password-protects or hides folders is a small desktop app that uses standard APIs for Windows Hello and file attributes, although the security details need care.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 462 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #217 of 463 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 359 days after the earliest competitor.
- Encrypt3r · ph · 2026-11-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- folder-lock · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- folder-guard-access-control · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Zipperhide · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- aes-folder-vault · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- folder-guard · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- WhoLocks · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Re-Lock BitLocker · ph · 2026-10-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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