NB: On the program start-up you need to set a password to protect your hidden folder/file. Please, save the password you set, in case you forget it, the giveaway version doesn't have the function of getting it back automatically and for free!
The license is provided for 6 months; supports upgrading. Wise Folder Hider Pro can hide files and folders on local partitions or removable devices. The files will be hidden safely due to advanced encryption algorithm. You can set a password for it so that the hidden data can be displayed and unhidden only by entering the valid password. The data is completely invisible to other programs or on other operating system, so it is much more reliable. Compaired to other folder hiders, Wise Folder Hider Pro is more secure and convenient for users to modify protected files.
Moreover, the interface of Wise Folder Hider Pro is very intuitive. Even a first timer can get the hang of it in a minute. #13 I do not like these GOTD's software that has a limited time period and then it expires unless you pay to keep using them. A majority of the time, I would not use the programs that often to warrant paying for them, and when I find that I do try to use them, I am confronted with a message that they have expired. I can deal without the free technical support or future updates, but I am not paying for something that is supposed to be free, but with future-paying strings attached.
It's not worth it to me. I have started to watch the terms of the software give-aways and when I see time limits on them, I just pass them.
I do not like these GOTD's software that has a limited time period and then it expires unless you pay to keep using them. A majority of the time, I would not use the programs that often to warrant paying for them, and when I find that I do try to use them, I am confronted with a message that they have expired. I can deal without the free technical support or future updates, but I am not paying for something that is supposed to be free, but with future-paying strings attached. It's not worth it to me.
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I have started to watch the terms of the software give-aways and when I see time limits on them, I just pass them by.|. #11 The advantage of software like Wise Folder Hider Pro, IMHO, is ease of use. In comparison the free open source VeraCrypt isn't really hard to use, but there is some reading/learning involved.
BitLocker is included in some versions of Windows, e.g. Win10 Pro & Ent., but the learning curve might be a bit steeper yet, & it only provides encryption.
Likewise Windows EFS won't hide anything, but may be the simplest way to encrypt files &/or folders, turned on/off via the properties dialog using Windows Explorer. Like BitLocker, Veracrypt can encrypt whole drive partition(s), but it also can protect files/folders on an otherwise unencrypted drive/partition. It doesn't really hide your files, but uses an encrypted VHD [Virtual Hard Disk or Drive] where your stuff is stored, so rather than individual file/folder names, that VHD file is all anyone sees, & it can be stored anywhere, including inside another Veracrypt [or Windows] VHD. You use the Veracrypt program to mount its VHDs [after entering your password], so they appear as another drive in Windows Explorer. Files on that encrypted VHD are unencrypted automatically when you access them, & any files added are automatically encrypted.
The closest I've seen to actually hiding files/folders is with an app called Gilisoft USB Stick Encryption. I've got version 1 [2010] from an old GOTD -- it's now up to v.
6 -- that still works, including with Windows 10. It works somewhat like Veracrypt, mounting a VHD, but there's no visible VHD file -- you just see the 3 MB Agent.exe file.
When you run it, after entering your password, it mounts what appears to be another USB drive. The advantage of software like Wise Folder Hider Pro, IMHO, is ease of use. In comparison the free open source VeraCrypt isn't really hard to use, but there is some reading/learning involved. BitLocker is included in some versions of Windows, e.g. Win10 Pro & Ent., but the learning curve might be a bit steeper yet, & it only provides encryption. Likewise Windows EFS won't hide anything, but may be the simplest way to encrypt files &/or folders, turned on/off via the properties dialog using Windows Explorer.
Like BitLocker, Veracrypt can encrypt whole drive partition(s), but it also can protect files/folders on an otherwise unencrypted drive/partition. It doesn't really hide your files, but uses an encrypted VHD [Virtual Hard Disk or Drive] where your stuff is stored, so rather than individual file/folder names, that VHD file is all anyone sees, & it can be stored anywhere, including inside another Veracrypt [or Windows] VHD. You use the Veracrypt program to mount its VHDs [after entering your password], so they appear as another drive in Windows Explorer. Files on that encrypted VHD are unencrypted automatically when you access them, & any files added are automatically encrypted. The closest I've seen to actually hiding files/folders is with an app called Gilisoft USB Stick Encryption.
I've got version 1 [2010] from an old GOTD -- it's now up to v. 6 -- that still works, including with Windows 10. It works somewhat like Veracrypt, mounting a VHD, but there's no visible VHD file -- you just see the 3 MB Agent.exe file.
When you run it, after entering your password, it mounts what appears to be another USB drive.|. Regarding the long comment of #3 which I thought was well written and good I would say this in regards to Safehouse: Safehouse is a solid and proven product and an example of how I wish every software vendor would conduct themselves. However, Safehouse does not conceal the fact that there are protected containers that are visible indicating that there are likely hidden files on the system. A true hidden files/folders program should conceal everything: the files and folders; the program installed to expose them and any hidden containers files are hidden in. There is no product that does this to my knowledge. Regarding the long comment of #3 which I thought was well written and good I would say this in regards to Safehouse: Safehouse is a solid and proven product and an example of how I wish every software vendor would conduct themselves. However, Safehouse does not conceal the fact that there are protected containers that are visible indicating that there are likely hidden files on the system.
A true hidden files/folders program should conceal everything: the files and folders; the program installed to expose them and any hidden containers files are hidden in. There is no product that does this to my knowledge.|. BP, 'A true hidden files/folders program should conceal everything: the files and folders; the program installed to expose them and any hidden containers files are hidden in. There is no product that does this to my knowledge.' When you access a drive you can see its capacity, & how much of that capacity is in use.
You can then subtract the size of visible files to reveal the presence of anything hidden. Reportedly, the folks at the NSA/CIA can alter the drive's firmware &/or add a small, hidden partition, I think using another file system [if I remember correctly], so the presence of their malware files can't be so easily detected. Otherwise [& AFAIK], the only way to really hide files is by adding code that tells the OS not to see certain files. Most folder hiding software adds that code so it starts with that installed copy of Windows, the weakness being that only works when using that copy of Windows.
To take it a step further that code would have to be added to the device's bios, or to the drive's MBR, e.g. That sort of thing is [again AFAIK] developed in-house, distributed via hacker forums & marketplaces, or sold by cyber-arms dealers. BP, 'A true hidden files/folders program should conceal everything: the files and folders; the program installed to expose them and any hidden containers files are hidden in.
There is no product that does this to my knowledge.' When you access a drive you can see its capacity, & how much of that capacity is in use. You can then subtract the size of visible files to reveal the presence of anything hidden. Reportedly, the folks at the NSA/CIA can alter the drive's firmware &/or add a small, hidden partition, I think using another file system [if I remember correctly], so the presence of their malware files can't be so easily detected. Otherwise [& AFAIK], the only way to really hide files is by adding code that tells the OS not to see certain files. Most folder hiding software adds that code so it starts with that installed copy of Windows, the weakness being that only works when using that copy of Windows.
To take it a step further that code would have to be added to the device's bios, or to the drive's MBR, e.g. That sort of thing is [again AFAIK] developed in-house, distributed via hacker forums & marketplaces, or sold by cyber-arms dealers.|.
Mike, it is also possible to add a driver that can access the slack space between the end of a partition and the end of the logical drive or next begining of next partition or the slack space between the end of the drives boot sectors and the start of a drives first partition, those would be only a few megabytes each but are not ever calculated into the drives stats. Of course they may be spotted by the non-nulled sectors in those areas, but that can always be explained away by saying the drive was repartitioned differently before so those areas were in use at one time. Of course the concealed file system must be fully encrypted to avoid whole surface deep scans recognising files internal structure and offering them as recoverable lost files. Mike, it is also possible to add a driver that can access the slack space between the end of a partition and the end of the logical drive or next begining of next partition or the slack space between the end of the drives boot sectors and the start of a drives first partition, those would be only a few megabytes each but are not ever calculated into the drives stats. Of course they may be spotted by the non-nulled sectors in those areas, but that can always be explained away by saying the drive was repartitioned differently before so those areas were in use at one time. Of course the concealed file system must be fully encrypted to avoid whole surface deep scans recognising files internal structure and offering them as recoverable lost files.|.
#3 At $20 a year recurring every year, this 'Pro' version is for the amnesiac with deep pockets, differing only from its always-free sibling in that it offers 'premium technical support' (this presumably being better than, uh, non-premium technical support??) and in-built file/folder encryption: To all intents and purposes then, it's another example of security rentalware in the same way as is iObit's 'Protected Folder'. There is, however, something distinctively odd about today's giveaway, and it's this: Wise Folder Hider Free becomes an expensive proposition if the user forgets her / his password, because Wise charges a substantial fee for password recovery. Yet today's six-month-trial Wise Folder Hider Pro also becomes an expensive proposition for the exact same reason.
Because Wise has removed 'free password recovery' from its feature set, thus stripping out a crucial distinguishing element that separates one version from the other. As to the actual features of the Pro version, the fact is that file encryption can easily be undertaken by anyone outside a program such as this, whilst file / folder 'hiding' is easily managed using always-free software such as that from Safehouse. And though some might welcome a 'password recovery' facility, they'd be well advised to consider the wisdom of sharing their password with any third party, doesn't matter if it's a software developer or not. Far better to take responsibility for one's own safety and use a local (device only) archival manager like Sticky to keep it safe. An additional complication -- in my experience -- has also arisen where this product is concerned. Some folks of my acquaintance who've ceased to use Wise Folder Hider Free, have long since forgotten the password, and eventually decided to be rid of it, have failed to do so because the software requires the user to input the password before uninstallation is permitted. Wise would, of course, provide that password...
A variation of these shenanigans has also occurred: the inability to install a new version of Wise Folder Hider because an earlier version was never properly removed, and so the requirement for that forgotten password continued to apply. As before, Wise would supply that password, for a fee. (Savvy computer users would be able to get around these difficulties; ordinary users, not. In that latter case, Wise's presence on their computers continues on whether they like the idea or not.) In view of all that, and in particular Wise's attempt today to offer a 6-month trial of a Pro version which isn't the actual Pro version, thanks GOTD... But no thanks.
At $20 a year recurring every year, this 'Pro' version is for the amnesiac with deep pockets, differing only from its always-free sibling in that it offers 'premium technical support' (this presumably being better than, uh, non-premium technical support??) and in-built file/folder encryption: To all intents and purposes then, it's another example of security rentalware in the same way as is iObit's 'Protected Folder'. There is, however, something distinctively odd about today's giveaway, and it's this: Wise Folder Hider Free becomes an expensive proposition if the user forgets her / his password, because Wise charges a substantial fee for password recovery. Yet today's six-month-trial Wise Folder Hider Pro also becomes an expensive proposition for the exact same reason. Because Wise has removed 'free password recovery' from its feature set, thus stripping out a crucial distinguishing element that separates one version from the other. As to the actual features of the Pro version, the fact is that file encryption can easily be undertaken by anyone outside a program such as this, whilst file / folder 'hiding' is easily managed using always-free software such as that from Safehouse. And though some might welcome a 'password recovery' facility, they'd be well advised to consider the wisdom of sharing their password with any third party, doesn't matter if it's a software developer or not.
Far better to take responsibility for one's own safety and use a local (device only) archival manager like Sticky to keep it safe. An additional complication -- in my experience -- has also arisen where this product is concerned. Some folks of my acquaintance who've ceased to use Wise Folder Hider Free, have long since forgotten the password, and eventually decided to be rid of it, have failed to do so because the software requires the user to input the password before uninstallation is permitted. Wise would, of course, provide that password... A variation of these shenanigans has also occurred: the inability to install a new version of Wise Folder Hider because an earlier version was never properly removed, and so the requirement for that forgotten password continued to apply. As before, Wise would supply that password, for a fee.
(Savvy computer users would be able to get around these difficulties; ordinary users, not. In that latter case, Wise's presence on their computers continues on whether they like the idea or not.) In view of all that, and in particular Wise's attempt today to offer a 6-month trial of a Pro version which isn't the actual Pro version, thanks GOTD... But no thanks.|.
TK, My I have a free Dropbox of 2Gb. And after a while it is full, so I have to delete some old screen-shots. Earlier I could place some screen shots back, when a new version of a program was presented. But also that's has altered.
The link's are different from the old ones, so the posting also will not show screen-shot's. I do have a 1Tb box on the net, Stack.
I did not figured out how to use that one for daily screen-shot's. I use it mostly to post bigger examples, like video, bigger pictures etc.
And my own server has not enough bandwidth to answer every request for a file. Some files take 5 minutes to upload to the net. I do use it for Dropbox and Stack to upload files to the net as a buffer.
TK, My I have a free Dropbox of 2Gb. And after a while it is full, so I have to delete some old screen-shots. Earlier I could place some screen shots back, when a new version of a program was presented.
But also that's has altered. The link's are different from the old ones, so the posting also will not show screen-shot's.
I do have a 1Tb box on the net, Stack. I did not figured out how to use that one for daily screen-shot's. I use it mostly to post bigger examples, like video, bigger pictures etc. And my own server has not enough bandwidth to answer every request for a file.
Some files take 5 minutes to upload to the net. I do use it for Dropbox and Stack to upload files to the net as a buffer.|.
Wise Folder Hider Pro is a program developed by WiseCleaner.com. The most used version is 3.23, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is wisefolderhider.exe.
A vast majority of those who have this installed end up removing it just after a couple weeks. The software installer includes 9 files and is usually about 4.05 MB (4,247,177 bytes). LiveUpdate.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 8 as well as Windows 7 (SP1).
While about 32% of users of Wise Folder Hider Pro come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom. • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Program details. Or, you can uninstall Wise Folder Hider Pro from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
• On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following: • Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program. • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs. • When you find the program Wise Folder Hider Pro, click it, and then do one of the following: • Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall. • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
• Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Wise Folder Hider Pro. • If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled.
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User can use it free to hide sensitive or important files and folders on local partitions or removable devices. The data can’t be accessed by other programs or other operating systems such as DOS. The only way to access or unhide these data is to enter the valid password. However, Wise Folder Hider is designed for home use only, but not recommended for commercial settings which require stricter confidentiality. Using this application, your private data and important files will not be exposed to others or unintentionally revealed and your privacy will not be pried into if you share one computer, USB drive, removable HDD drive, etc. Wise Folder Hider 4 providing much more enhanced security than previous version for files and folders on your Windows PC. Wise Folder Hider 4 defends your private files from being read even when found by a third-party tool.