I have this very crucial problem. I had a folder in my hard disk and then i installed a software which was meant to password lock folders.
This was working great. i had a password and only i could open that folder.
Within few weeks i had to refresh my operating system and that software also was uninstalled.
Now when i tried to open that locked software. It is not letting me open that. and gives me the error that "This folder is not accessible"
I am not sure what to do? i had some very important files in that folder
Do you have any key to this?
Inzanity's question and line of thinking is excellent.
Too bad you don't remember.
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The type of encryption or other mechanism used by these types of softwares is not designed to be trivial.
Think about it.
If COMPANY A sold you a password or encryption protectiive utility…
But COMPANY B commonly sold a utility that could easily defeat the product offered by COMPANY A…
Do you think that COMPANY A would be happy about that?
Do you think many people would invest in protection that could easily be defeated?
Do you think maybe COMPANY A would therefore fortify their utility to make it more secure?
Some publicly available encryption and similar mechanisms can be defeated.
After all, we see it on TV and the Movies… Right?
But there are encryption and privacy routines commonly available that are very hard to defeat.
Having both the Resources and the Skill to hack code without damaging the valued files may be beyond the reach of most individuals.
For instance…
QuickBooks requires an Administrative Password to access the Company created in that accounting utility.
The password is also required to be changed periodically.
It is no trivial matter to defeat that password.
Without the Password, even the owner of the company cannot gain access to company records.
If the owner has forgotten, then Intuit (publisher of QuickBooks) can compose a one-time password change tool, based on information they know from you, their customer and the workings of their own software utility structure which they built themselves.
Without that "insider knowledge" is would not be simple to fix.
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But couldn't some highly talented IT specialist be found who could break in?
Maybe.
And that IT Specialist would have costs and fees, against which you the owner would balance the value of the data.
But that IT specialist would require your proof of ownership, details of the files and the encryption utility, and would require "hands-on" access to the machine containing the files.
Otherwise, the above mentioned IT specialist would be a high-tech but common thief.
This is not a Topic for which solutions and/or "how-to" information should be posted for public reading.
Sure, maybe the bad-guys already know how to do it.
And the unfortunate good-guy has a sympathetic problem for which he deserves understanding and assistance.
But posting such assistance publicly would not be sensible, because Forums can be read by tens of thousands of folks, not all of whom would qualify as "good-guy".
This Topic points out the importance of redundant backup systems for valuable data.
You apparently didn't put redundant backup into place, and now you are unfortunately paying the price.
I'm sorry.
Any further discussion of "how-to" strategies related to this Topic will not be allowed here in these Forums.
Do you have any key to this?
