Renee File Protector 2.7

There are many privacy- and security-related reasons why any of us would need to hide or lock our files, folders, and even entire disks. Whatever your reasons are, Renee File Protector offers different levels of protection to hide and lock anything on a computer, providing you with the most sophisticated AES encryption algorithms in the simplest interface possible.

The first time you launch Renee File Protector you’re asked to enter a master password. This first step is key to ensure both the privacy of your data and the usability of the program’s entire functionality. You must never forget this password, and you’re advised to provide an e-mail address that the program can use not only to send you a copy of the password you’ve just chosen, but also to recover it in the future in case of loss. You may also want to use this master password later to lock files and folders in external disks, too.

The program offers different menu entries for files on your main hard drive and data stored in external USB devices. Note that, for obvious reasons, you won’t be able to hide or lock the partition or the unit where you installed the program, though you can protect any individual files and folders stored in it. However, while testing the trial version, the program failed to hide, lock, or protect any of the files and folders on my hard disk for reasons beyond me, even though a message in the program’s interface kept telling me that I could do so. It did work like a charm with my external drive, though, and I could hide and lock files and folders there in a snap using my master password. More