How do I password protect my files and folders in Windows?

How do I password protect my files and folders in Windows?

Because most versions of Windows do not include a method of password protecting your files and folders, this page provides steps for encrypting files and folders instead. To password protect your files and folders in Windows, you need to use a third-party program.

Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 users

Unfortunately, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 do not provide any features for password protecting files or folders. You need to use a third-party software program to accomplish this.

If you want to encrypt a file or folder, this can be done by following these steps:

• Select the file or folder you want to encrypt.
• Right-click the file or folder and select Properties.
• On the General tab, click the Advanced button.
• Check the box for the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option, then click OK on both windows.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional users

The steps below for encrypting the files on Windows XP Professional apply to users who are using a computer that has two or more accounts. If you are using a single account, see the other security solutions section.

• Select the file or folder you want to encrypt.
• Right-click the file or folder and click Properties.
• On the General tab, click the Advanced button.
• Check the "Encrypt contents to secure data" option.
• Click Apply and then OK.

Encrypt contents to secure data is grayed out

If you are using the Home edition of Microsoft Windows XP, see the Windows XP Home steps.

Show "Encrypt" on the context menu

The newest version of TweakUI also enables you to show the Encrypt option in the context menu. To do this, follow the steps below.

• Open TweakUI.
• In the TweakUI window, select Explorer.
• In the right side of the window under Settings, locate Show 'Encrypt' on the context menu and check the box. This option should be below Prefix 'shortcut to' on new shortcuts and above Show 'View workgroup computers' in NetPlaces.
• I'm missing "Show 'Encrypt' on the context menu" in TweakUI.

Microsoft Windows XP Home users

• Select the file or folder you want to encrypt.
• Right-click the file or folder and click Properties.
• Click the Sharing tab.
• Check the box Make this folder private.
• Click Apply and then OK.

Make this folder private is grayed out

For this option to work on Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, you must meet the below requirements.

• The hard drive must be formatted in NTFS and not FAT32 File System.
• The folder you are attempting to encrypt is your personal folder. For example, if your name is Bob, you must encrypt the following folder or a folder within it:

          C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\

• You cannot encrypt any folders outside of this folder. If you want to encrypt folders outside of this folder, see the other security solutions section below.

Other security solutions for protecting your files and folders in Windows

1. File and folders not frequently used - An easy way to password protect files is to create an archive of the files using a compression tool. When the archive is created, you can encrypt the contents by specifying a password.
2. Windows ME and Windows XP users - Windows ME and Windows XP come with their own compression utility. This utility can also be used to compress and password-protect files.
3. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users - Windows Vista and Windows 7 also include a compression utility. However, password protection for the compressed files is not possible without the use of a third-party software program.

Tip

When a file is compressed, users can still view a listing of the files in the compressed file. If you want both your file names and the contents to be hidden, move all the files into a single folder and password protect that folder.

File and folders frequently used or accessed

If you need to password protect or encrypt data you frequently use, you need to install a third-party program that allows you to protect your files and folders. Below are some free and commercial solutions.

• 7-Zip - A free file and folder zipping utility, which also includes the ability to password-protect zipped files and folders.
• AxCrypt - An excellent free encryption utility that enables users to encrypt all files within a folder and not allow those files to be viewed unless a passphrase (password) is known.
• Folder Guard - A commercial version of a password protection software that enables you to password-protect files, folders, and other Windows resources.
• Protected Folder- For a small fee, it's an excellent software program that enables you to password protect folders.

Open a search for more solutions to password-protect files and folders.

Things to remember when encrypting or password protecting files and folders

• There is no such thing as a 100% protected file. There are numerous tools, utilities, and instructions for how to break encryption and passwords on files. However, the protection methods listed above will protect your files from the majority of users who may encounter them. If you are working with really sensitive data, we suggest a commercial product for protecting your files and data.
• Even though a file or folder may be password protected, it still can be deleted (unless the program supports the ability to protect files from being deleted). Always remember to back up all your files, even those protected by passwords.
• If you forget the password, unless you're willing to spend the time attempting to break it or pay someone else to break the password, all the data in the file or folder will be lost. Thus, it is important to back up a copy of the non-password protected files or folders, just in case.

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How to move the mouse cursor with the keyboard in Windows

Whether your mouse breaks, runs out of batteries, or if you want to have an alternative way to the cursor, you can use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. Before proceeding, make sure the Num Lock feature is toggled on by pressing the key until you see an indicator light or can type numbers with the keypad.

• Shortcut key combo
• Windows 10
• Windows 8
• Windows 7, Vista, or XP
• How to use Mouse Keys

Shortcut in all versions of Windows

1. Press Left Alt+Left Shift+Num Lock on your keyboard at the same time to get a dialog box similar to the example shown below.

2. When the window appears, press Spacebar or Enter to say Yes.
3. Repeat this process to turn Mouse Keys off.

Windows 10

If the shortcut key combination listed above did not work, you may enable or disable Mouse Keys, using the following steps. If your mouse isn't working, use the Tab key and Spacebar to navigate through menus.

1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard.
2. In the box that appears, type Ease of Access mouse settings and press Enter.
3. In the Mouse Keys section, toggle the switch under Use numeric pad to move the mouse around the screen to On.
4. Press Alt+F4 to exit this menu.

Windows 8

If the shortcut key combination listed above did not work, you may enable or disable Mouse Keys, using the following steps. If your mouse isn't working, use the Tab key and Spacebar to navigate through menus.

1. With nothing selected, type the word "Mouse" anywhere on the Start Screen.
2. Arrow down to Ease of Access mouse settings and press Enter.
3. Toggle the switch under Mouse Keys to On.
4. Press Alt+F4 to exit this menu.

Windows XP, Vista and 7

If the shortcut key combination listed above did not work, you may enable or disable Mouse Keys using the following steps. If your mouse isn't working, use the Tab key and Spacebar to navigate through menus.

1. While viewing the Desktop, press the Windows Key or Click Start in the lower left-hand corner.
2. Select Control Panel from the list on the right-hand side.
3. Within the Control Panel, open Ease of Access.
4. Under Ease of Access Center, select Change how your mouse works.
5. Check the checkbox next to Turn on Mouse Keys.
6. Select Apply then OK.

Tip: If you want to change the cursor's movement speed or other settings, select Set up Mouse Keys.

How to use Mouse Keys

The following table shows each of the keys on the Numeric Keypad and how they interact with the mouse cursor. Make sure you're only using the Keypad to execute these actions.

Desired Action	Key Combination
Move up and to the left	Press 7
Move up	Press 8
Move up and to the right	Press 9
Move left	Press 4
Move right	Press 6
Move down and to the left	Press 1
Move down	Press 2
Move down and to the right	Press 3
Select the left mouse button	Press /
Select both of the mouse buttons	Press *
Select the right mouse button	Press -
Click	With the left button selected, press 5
Right-click	With the right button selected, press 5
Double-click	With the left button selected, press +
Drag an item	Point to the item, and then press 0
Drop the item you are dragging	Press.

Enjoy.....

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Lists of Hidden Secret Applications / Programs of Windows XP

Lots of hidden applications or programs exist in your Windows XP operating system. These hidden applications are really very useful and can save much time when you really know these application's utility or application. Microsoft never tells you these applications/programs description. All these hidden programs are really powerful for similar activities like registry editing, group policy editing, communicating with others, etc. This page presents lots of hidden secret programs/application and you will be glad knowing these hidden applications activities.
Lists of Hidden Secret Applications / Programs of Windows XP:
In the following paragraphs, you will find 20+ hidden secret applications or programs of Microsoft Windows XP operating system:

Private Character Editor: Hidden Font Editor Private Character Editor is used to create unique letters and logos for your font library according to your own choice. This program is totally for designing icons and Characters.

Instructions for Private Character Editor: Click on Start menu and click select Run In the “Run” window, type EUDCEDIT and hit Enter key of your keyboard...

IExpress: Hidden Install Creator IExpress program is for converting your files to EXECUTABLE files. This technology is designed to simplify the creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup program contained inside. The setup program can be a .inf file or an executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.

Instructions for IExpress:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type iexpress and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Disk Cleanup: Cleaning Harddisk, This program is used for cleaning hard disk to offer more space to your hard-disk.

Instructions for Disk Cleanup:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type cleanmgr and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

MS-DOS Editor: Hidden Text Editor Windows XP comes with another text editor besides Notepad – it’s called the MS-DOS Editor is another text editor like Notepad and it’s commonly referred to simply as Edit. You can use it like Notepad. Moreover, it offers many more features such as the ability to work with multiple text files and change the background and text colors.

Instructions for MS-DOS Editor:
1)Click on the Start menu and click select Run.
2) In the “Run” window, type edit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Netmeeting: Hidden Internet Conference Application NetMeeting of Windows XP can deliver a complete Internet conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as point-to-point audio and video.

Instructions for Netmeeting:
1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
2. In the “Run” window, type conf and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Chat: Hidden Windows ChatProgram Windows Chat can be used to communicate with someone on another computer. But both computers must be connected to the same network (for
example, a local area network [LAN] or the Internet) and each computer must be running a similar protocol, such as TCP/IP. So, you can communicate with others easily.

Instructions for Windows Chat:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type winchat and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Media Player 5.1: Hidden Windows Media Player Do you know that there is windows media player 5.1 in your windows XP. You can use it to listen to music.

Instructions for Windows Windows Media Player 5.1:
1. Click on Start menu and click select Run
2. In the “Run” window, type mplay32 and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Windows Media Player 6.4: Hidden Windows Media Player This is another secret of Windows XP. Here you can find Windows Media Player 6.4 (classic) to play your media files.

Instructions for Windows Media Player 6.4:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type mplayer2 and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Note:
Windows Media Player 6.4 (Classic) is installed along with Windows Media Player 7. The only update is that it now supports the latest codecs.

Dr. Watson: Troubleshooting tool This program Is for repairing problems in Windows

Instructions for Dr. Watson:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type drwtsn32 and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Clipboard Viewer: Windows ClipboardViewing This program is for viewing contents of Windows clipboard

Instructions for Clipboard Viewer:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type clipboard and hit Enter key of your keyboard

DirectX diagnosis: Diagnose DirectX, video, and sound This program is for viewing contents of Windows clipboard

Instructions for DirectX diagnosis:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type dxdiag and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Character Map: Find unusual characters This program is used for finding unusual characters.

Instructions for Character Map:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type charmap and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Mcft Synchronization Manager: File synchronization on the network This program is very helpful which allows synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. But this program is apparently undocumented.

Instructions for Mcft Synchronization Manager:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type mobsync and hit Enter key of your keyboard

ODBC Data Source Administrator: If you like to do with databases, you can use this hidden program of Windows XP.

Instructions for ODBC Data Source Administrator:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type odbcad32 and hit Enter key of your keyboard

Object Packager: With this secret Windows XP program, you can do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files

Instructions for Object Packager:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type packager and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Group Policy Editor: This program is used to manage group policies and permissions

Instructions for Group Policy Editor:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type gpedit.msc and hit Enter key of your keyboard

System configuration: This program is used to control startup programs.

Instructions for System configuration:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type MSConfig and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Driver Verifier Manager: It seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, which might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented.

Instructions for Driver Verifier Manager :
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type verifier and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Microsoft Telnet Client: This program is used to remotely access to any device.

Instructions for Microsoft Telnet Client:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type telnet and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

System Monitor: System Monitor is a very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance

Instructions for System Monitor:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type perfmon and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Program Manager: Program Manager is a program that can be used as a Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell.

Instructions for Program Manager:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type program and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Syskey: Secures XP Account database Syskey secures the XP account database. Use Syskey with care, it’s virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords

Instructions for Syskey:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type syskey and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

System Configuration Editor: System Configuration Editor can be used to modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98!

Instructions for System Configuration Editor:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type sysedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Remote Access phone book: This program’s documentation is virtually non-existent.

Instructions for Remote Access phone book :
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type as phone and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Registry Editor: Registry Editor is used for hacking the Windows Registry.

Instructions for Registry Editor:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type regedt32 Regedit and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Network shared folder wizard: t is used to create shared folders on the network.

Instructions for Network shared folder wizard:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type shrubs and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

File signature verification tool: It’s a simple file siganture verification tool.

Instructions for File signature verification tool:
1. Click on the Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type sigverif and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

Volume Control: This program is helpful for those people that lose it from the System Notification area.

Instructions for Volume Control: 1.Click on Start menu and click select Run 2. In the “Run” window, type sndvol32 and hit Enter key of your keyboard.

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How To Boot Ubuntu From A USB Flash Drive

 How To Boot Ubuntu From A USB Flash Drive

Below are the three methods, that can be adopted to boot Ubuntu OS from a USB Flash Drive!

Option 1: Boot Ubuntu as a Live CD from a USB Flash Drive

Use this option to install Ubuntu as a Live Install, which allows you to boot from the USB flash drive in Ubuntu, experience the Linux environment but will not retain any changes or settings after you shut down. This is a great way to get a feel for the OS, test some of it's capabilities as well as typical hardware compatibility.

Programs you may need to download:

1. Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD ISO is available at ubuntu.com.
2. Universal USB Installer available at pendrivelinux.com.

What you will need:

1. Computer Running Windows XP/Vista/7.
2. Fat32 Formatted USB 2.0 Flash Drive, at least 1GB.
3. PC with a Bios that can boot from USB.

Now with all of the necessary components in place, we can begin to set up our Ubuntu Live USB Drive,

1. Run the Universal USB Installer by Pendrivelinux.com that you downloaded earlier.
2. Choose Ubuntu 9.10/10.04.1 Desktop i386.
3. Select the Ubuntu Live CD that you downloaded earlier.
4. Choose your Flash Drive.
5. In this instance, we are going to leave the persistence option unchecked.

This can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 30 minutes depending on the speed of your system. At one point the progress bar will freeze until it is done, and this is the lengthiest wait of the process.

Once complete, you can reboot your computer with the USB flash drive in the USB port, press F12 for the Boot Menu and choose the removable media to boot from and you are in.

As this is a Live USB, any changes you make to the Ubuntu environment will not persist through a reboot. This is because running in this mode, Ubuntu uses available RAM in place of Swap and Hard Disk space. This option also contains the install files needed to install Ubuntu directly to your desktop if you should so desire.


Option 2: Boot Ubuntu as a Live CD with Persistence from a USB Flash Drive

This option will install Ubuntu Linux onto your flash drive with an area for persistent storage. You will be able to restart the computer, boot back into the Linux environment and all settings or changes made previously will persist.

Note: This option is particularly hard on Flash Memory, as there can be quite a bit of reading and writing to the Flash Memory.

What you will need:

1. Computer Running Windows XP/Vista/7.
2. Fat32 Formatted USB 2.0 Flash Drive, at least 2GB.
3. PC with a Bios that can boot from USB.

Now with all of the necessary components in place, we can begin to set up our Ubuntu Live USB Drive,

1. Run the Universal USB Installer by Pendrivelinux.com that you downloaded earlier.
2. Choose Ubuntu 9.10/10.04.1 Desktop i386.
3. Select the Ubuntu Live CD that you downloaded earlier.
4. Choose your Flash Drive.
5. Select the Persistence Option of 1GB Casper-RW.

This can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 30 minutes depending on the speed of your system. At one point the progress bar will freeze until it is done, and this is the lengthiest wait of the process.

Once complete, you can reboot your computer with the USB flash drive in the USB port, press F12 for the Boot Menu and choose the removable media to boot from and you are in.

As this is a Live USB with Persistence, any changes you make to the Ubuntu environment will keep through a reboot. This option also contains the install files needed to install Ubuntu directly to your desktop if you should so desire.


Option 3: Install Ubuntu directly to a USB flash drive

This option works by installing Ubuntu to the flash drive like a complete installation. It does not retain the installation files to install on another system. This will allow you to use Ubuntu exactly as if it were installed alone on the hard disk. You can boot from it with any computer that can boot from a USB flash drive.

Note: This method requires that you disable your hard drive in BIOS to prevent overwriting your current operating system and force the install onto the USB drive.

What you will need:

1. USB 2.0 Flash Drive, at least 4GB.
2. PC with a BIOS that can boot from USB.
3. Blank CD.
4. A Computer with the ability to Burn CD/DVD.

Now with all of the necessary components in place, we can begin the process,

1. First, you will need to burn your Ubuntu ISO to CD using a program like ImgBurn available at ImgBurn.com.
2. Boot your computer and press F2 to enter the system BIOS. Within here you will want to disable your Hard Drive. If this is not an option in your BIOS, I would suggest shutting down your computer and unplugging the power and data cables from your hard drive before proceeding. Note: If you choose not to disable your hard drive, you run the risk of installing Ubuntu on top of your current OS and can lose valuable information.
3. After you have disabled your hard drive, place the Ubuntu Live CD into your computer and boot from this.
4. At the initial boot screen, choose to try Ubuntu, not install.
5. Once Ubuntu loads, plug in the desired flash drive into the computer.
6. Now, double click on the Install Ubuntu icon that appears on the desktop.
7. The first 3 screens are language, time zone, and keyboard layout.
8. Now Ubuntu will notify you that there is a disk mounted, and asks to unmount it. This is your flash drive. Give it permission to unmount.
9. This is the prepare disk space screen. I chose to leave mine at default and let the installer handle the partitions needed by Linux.
10. Now you will see the login and user information screen.
11. Now you are ready to install, click install.
12. At one point during the installation, you may notice a skip button appear on the bottom left. This is to skip the auto-update, and finally the language packs. I chose to skip the language packs update.
13. This may take a while, mine took about 35 minutes to complete. When it is done, eject the disk and shut down the computer. Plug your hard drive back in if necessary, or boot your computer into bios and re-enable it. Reboot your computer and press F12 to enter the boot menu, choose the flash drive and boot into Ubuntu.

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Forget Your Windows 7 Password? Create Windows 7 Password Reset Disk

Suppose if you forgot Windows 7 password, you would try to find solutions to recover or reset it through the internet. Soon you would find one solution—using Windows 7 password reset USB disk, which is most mentioned by people. So here in this article, I will show you the exact ways to create a Windows 7 password reset disk.

Theoretically, a password reset disk Windows 7 can be made with a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. Since USB flash drive is more convenient to carry and safer to preserve, here I highly recommend creating a Windows 7 reset password with USB to prevent your computer from being locked. Below are guides on how to create a Win 7 password recovery USB.

Situation 1 :)

If you haven’t forgotten your Windows 7 password yet. In this situation, you can easily make such a password reset USB disc for free to prevent your computer from being locked.

Now follow the below steps:

1. Insert the prepared USB flash drive into your computer.
2. Type “reset” in the Windows search box and select “Create a password reset disk”. 
3. When the “Forgotten Password Wizard” appears, click “Next”.
4. Select your USB flash drive and click “Next”.
5. Once the wizard finishes creating the reset disk, click “Next” then “Finish”.
6. That's it. Job Done!

Situation 2 :(

If you have already forgotten your Windows 7 password. Many computer users actually didn’t take any precautions against Windows 7 password forgotten problem before they find they’ve lost or forgotten the password. So if you don’t have such a password reset disk when you forget or lose your Windows 7 password, you need to seek other ways to make one and then use that to reset Windows 7 password.

Here’s how to create a reset password Windows 7 USB with Windows Password Recovery Enhance:

You need to do the below steps in another system to recover your system.

1. Download and install PC Login Now's an iso file.
2. Burn the ISO file to CD (Use Magic ISO).
3. After you have created a bootable disk, Insert that disk into the DVD Drive and Restart your computer.
4. Set the BIOS to boot from CD. (Mostly not required if your system automatically detects the disk on your DVD Drive).
5. The software then automatically runs.
6. Use PCLoginNow to finish the job.

Note:

Download-file is an ISO file named “PCLoginNow_Free.ISO” which should be burned to a CD before using it.

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How To Make A Folder Invisible

Using this trick You can do two things,

1. Creating A Folder Without Name.
2. Making An Invisible Folder.

The Later is derived from the former one.

Creating a folder without a name:

Using this trick You can do two things,

1. Creating A Folder Without Name.
2. Making An Invisible Folder.

The Later is derived from the former one.

Creating a folder without a name:

Creating an invisible folder is very simple. Just do the above things and create a folder without name. Then follow the below steps.

• Right-click the folder and go to Properties.
• Select the Customize Tab.
• In the Folder icons section, click the Change Icon button.
• Move the navbar, you can find empty spaces in between various icons. Select any one empty space among them and press Ok.
• Now, you will see nothing unless you click that place, where your folder was previously present.

If you have any problem with doing this just leave a comment. I will help you.

This instructable will teach you how to make an invisible folder. You can hide lots of things in it and nobody, but you!

NOTE: This instructable works for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. I'm not sure if this works for Windows 2000 and earlier (someone please help me on this.)

Step 1: Getting the Folder

1. right-click on your desktop
2. go to "new"
3. click "folder"

a new folder should pop up...

Step 2: Making It Invisible!!!

1. right-click on the folder
2. click on "properties"
3. click on "customize"
4. click on "change icon"
5. click on a blank space

it should be invisible...

Step 3: Finishing It Up (Optional)

NOTE: this is optional

making the words invisible:

1. go to properties
2. go to the rename box
3. hold ALT and press "0160" in the box (use a number pad)

Now you can hide all the stuff you want to in it!

Step 4: If You Have Vista

I just got vista not too long ago. I also found this annoying bug in vista. My invisible folders won't delete!

Here's what you do:

1. hold "shift" and "right-click" the desktop
2. click "open command window here"
the command prompt should open
3. type in:
ren "(hold alt and press 0160)" temp
4. move the folder into the recycle bin

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How to Find And Remove Duplicate Files In Computer

You must be aware of the fact that duplicate files in your computer can waste your precious space. There are very limited options out there to find and remove duplicate files from your computer and today we are going to share three easy methods by which you can find and easily delete duplicate files from a computer. Go through the post to know about it.

Today we perform lots of copy and paste tasks on our computer, and sometimes we copy some of the files that previously exist on our computer in some other directory. For example, if we have any duplicate movie on our computer, then it is wasting around 2-4 GB memory space on our computer. So better is to remove the duplicate files on a computer to save a lot of memory. Therefore, we are here to resolve the issue of finding and removing Duplicate Files on Computer.

How to Find And Remove Duplicate Files In Computer

By this method, you can find the files that have more than one copy and the actual path of the file to delete them. Just read out the below steps to proceed.

Step 1. First of all, download and install the Duplicate File Finder from here. Now launch the software in your operating system.

Step 2. You have to select there the folder that you want to check for duplicate files on your PC. Now on the right side, there will be an “add” button click on it and select the path to scan that file over the directory and click on OK.

Step 3. Now it will start scanning files that you have selected and also there will be a message box that appeared there along.

Step 4. Now if it finds any duplicate file, then it will display the path in a message box. Open that file and delete it to save memory.

Using Digital Volcano Duplicate Cleaner

Duplicate Cleaner is a useful program to help you organize the contents of your home hard drive or corporate network. You’d be surprised just how many redundant or duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder.

Duplicate Cleaner will deep scan for all types of files – photos, music, films, video, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, text files – you name it, if it appears twice on your computer then Duplicate Cleaner will find it. Once these files are found you are provided with helpful tools to enable you to select which copies to delete or move. These files can be deleted to the recycle bin or moved elsewhere. Let’s know how to use it.

Step 1. First of all, download and install Duplicate cleaner on your computer and open the app you need to set the scan criteria and click on Start Scan to perform a scan.

Step 2. Now you have to wait for a few minutes to complete the scan.

Step 3. After the scan completes, you can see the files marked as duplicate as well as the total size of duplicate files.

You can now delete it by selecting all your duplicate files.

Using VisiPics

If you get too many pictures on your hard drive, downloaded or photographed, from several different sources, you may have many duplicates. In that case, you need a quick and easy to use program that finds and deletes all your duplicates.

VisiPics does more than just looking for identical files, it goes beyond checksums to look for similar pictures and does it all with a simple user interface. First, you will need to select the root folder or folders to find and catalog all of your pictures. It then applies five image comparison filters to measure how close pairs of images on the hard drive are.

Step 1. First of all, You need to download VisiPics on your Windows operating system from here.

Step 2. Now open the app, and you will see the screen like below.

Step 3. Now you need to select the folder that you want to scan for the duplicate pictures.

Step 4. Now hit the ‘Start’ button

Step 5. Now if the folder has any duplicate image stored, it will show you and you will get the option to delete those files from there.

That’s it! You are done. This is the easiest way to find out if any duplicate image files are present inside the folder.

Using CCleaner

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your PC. It protects your privacy and makes your computer faster and more secure! CCleaner cleans up these files and makes it faster instantly.

Step 1. First of all, you need to download and install CCleaner on your desktop computer. Once installed, you need to click on “Run CCleaner”

Step 2. Now you will see the screen like below. Here you can analyze and clean your computer.

Step 3. Now from the left panel, you need to click on “Tools”. Then you will see the screen like below.

Step 4. Now you need to select the option “Duplicate Finder”

Step 5. Now you need to select the drive or folder that you want to scan for the duplicate files. If you want to search for a specific folder, you need to click on “Add”

Step 6. After selecting the file you need to click on “Search” as shown in the image below.

That’s it! You are done, CCleaner will scan for duplicate files and will let you know if you have any duplicate files. You can delete it from the CCleaner itself.

So above is all about finding and removing duplicate files from Computer. By this, you can easily locate the duplicate files and remove them. Hope you like the post, don’t forget to share it with your friends and leave a comment below if you still need any help.

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