Hide Folders is a robust, easy-to-use application which effectively restricts access to an unlimited number of files and folders on your computer. Do you need to hide your files from prying eyes? Or you want to protect your files from being deleted?
Hide Folders safely hides and locks your private data from other users and grants access only if you specify the original password. Smooth user interface guarantees that you never get lost in the program control - several self-explained buttons in Hide Folders Control Panel will change you imagination about Windows file security!
Moreover, you can use hot keys, integrate Hide Folders into Windows Explorer context menu and cease to run Control Panel at all. Advanced users will find helpful abilities to protect files using wildcards and set a list of trusted programs, e.g. backup and antivirus that can access the protected data bypassing the protection.
Every user with a desire to have well-protected files on their system will find Hide Folders fits their need.

· Effective protection methods allow you to hide folders out from users and applications in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista
· Nobody but you will access your hidden folders.
· 4 protection methods available: Hide, Lock, Hide & Lock, Read Only
· NTFS, FAT32 and FAT volumes are supported.
· File masks support.
· Unlimited number of folders can be protected at the same time.
· Trusted processes support - processes which are permitted to access the protected data.
· No file system structure modifications will occur.
· Effective password protection when running program.
· Effective password protection when uninstalling program.
· Removing Hide Folders 2009 folder from the system will not uncover hidden folders.
· Files from hidden folders will not be lost even if someone tries to remove an upper-level folder.
· Clear recent documents option. Hide Folders 2009 clears records of recently accessed documents if these documents reside in the hidden folders.
· Clear Recycle Bin items originally located in hidden folders.
· Secure Hide Folders 2009 by removing itself from the list of mostly used programs (Windows start menu).
· Secure Hide Folders 2009 by removing itself from Add/Remove software Control Panel applet.
· Hide Folders 2009 will not hide your Windows, Windows System folders and Windows partition root folders - so careless using of Hide Folders 2009 would not bring the system down.
· True stealth mode - you cannot detect the program with Windows Task Manager.
· Safe mode support - The folders can be hidden even if your computer is running in safe mode.
· Hot keys to manage basic Hide Folders 2009 functions.
· Command line support of all main Hide Folders 2009 functions.
· Support of folders named with national language symbols .
· Hide Folders 2009 is multilingual software, its user interface supports different languages and can be easily translated to new languages.
· Intuitive and extremely easy-to-use user interface.

Limitations:
· 60 days trial

What's New in This Release:
· Password store method changed
· FSPro Protection service is not required anymore
· Fixed bug which could cause crash when often changing protection method for an item