This document only contains general information. So please make sure that you read and understand the SecretFolders help file.
NOTE: You must read LICENSE.TXT for license information regarding this software.
INTRODUCTION
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SecretFolders is a simple and easy to use utility that allows you to password protect your private and important folders and it entire contents (files and subfolders) from malicious and accidental damage. Now you do not need to worry about how safe your data is from prying eyes. Let SecretFolders take care of it for you. Whether at home, work or any other environment where you share your computer with others, SecretFolders can help you to protect your important files from getting infected by deadly viruses, and prevents unauthorised access to your precious files. It is a must have tool.
With SecretFolders you can protect your files/folders from being renamed, modified, deleted, copied or moved. All file/folder creation operations will also be denied and files will be protected from being opened for reading and writing in the protected folder and its subfolders.
SecretFolders allows you to deny all access or only allow read-only access to items at the lowest system level. It even allows you to specify which programs are still able to access the protected items such as virus scanners or disk drive utilities.
SecretFolders does not encrypt your files/folders or changes it in anyway and neither does it hide your files/folders as doing so could cause them to be deleted by system programs which may not be able to see these folders.
INSTALL
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To install SecretFolders on your machine simply run the ScrtFldr.exe self-extracting archive (assuming that you're reading this without extracting first). Then choose the destination folder where you would like to extract all the files to. Once you have extracted all the files browse through the destination folder and run ScrtFldr.exe which is the main executable file. The first time you run SecretFolders your password to gain access to Setup will be blank. To activate the Password screen press the SecretFolders hotkey SHIFT+CTRL+ALT+S or choose "Setup" from the SecretFolders tray icon menu. You can set-up your own password in the SecretFolders Setup screen.
Please do make sure that you read and understand the documentation that come with this software.
Note: While SecretFolders is installed and running on your computer please ensure that other similar utilities are not running at the same time as this could cause problems. If you have installed our other security tools Safelock or FolderLock we recommend that you uninstall these before using SecretFolders otherwise this may cause problems they are running at the same time since both of our other programs also allow the options for locking files/folders and share the same file system driver.
UNINSTALL
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The uninstallation process will delete all SecretFolders settings and any files in the SecretFolders executable folder. To uninstall SecretFolders choose "File" then "Uninstall" from SecretFolders Setup screens main menu. SecretFolders will confirm with you if you want to uninstall the program from your machine by displaying a message. Click "Yes" to carry on with the uninstallation. SecretFolders will then ask you if you would like to reboot the computer to complete the uninstallation (this step is necessary for the uninstallation to complete).
Do not just delete the folder that SecretFolders is in as this is not sufficient enough. So you must uninstall SecretFolders as described above for proper uninstall.
DISCLAIMER
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SecretFolders is supplied as is without warranty of any kind. SISH hereby disclaims all warranties and guarantees regarding the use, or the results of use, of SecretFolders in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability or otherwise. SISH will not be responsible for any incidental, consequential, direct or indirect damages, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, business interruption and loss of information resulting from the correct or otherwise use of SecretFolders even if SISH has been advised of the possibility of such damages. By installing SecretFolders you acknowledge that you have read this disclaimer, understood it, and you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. You also agree that the disclaimer is the complete and exclusive statement of agreement between the parties and supersede all proposals or prior agreements, oral or written, and any other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of the disclaimer.
