SECUDRIVE Hide Folder Free

SECUDRIVE Hide Folder Free is a security tool that enables you to create a list with folders to automatically hide. It's password-protected and runs in the systray.

The setup procedure is quick. However, although this is not mentioned anywhere, the program gets automatically integrated into the Windows autostart sequence. This option can be later disabled.

At launch, you're asked to set up the password used for starting and uninstalling the application (at least 6 alphanumeric characters). It gets sent to the taskbar notifications area.

In the following step, you can access the folder manager to fill the list with the directories you want to hide from your file explorer and keep away from other PC users. They can be dropped into the window.

As informed by the utility, after applying changes, these items remain hidden while you carry on with your regular computer activity. They become visible again when launching SECUDRIVE Hide Folder Free, so make sure not to forget the key, because it cannot be recovered, nor the hidden folders. It's possible to protect as many directories as you want, remove any of them from this list if you change your mind, change the password anytime, remove the app's entry from the Windows startup, set it to automatically log out and establish the waiting period (in minutes), as well as enable an advanced protection system that can improve the security level by blocking raw disk access from Windows applications.

The software tool didn't hog system resources in our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed a low amount of CPU and RAM to work properly. It ran smoothly, without causing the OS to hang, crash or prompt error messages.

Although it hasn't been updated for a while, SECUDRIVE Hide Folder Free is still up to the task, facilitating a simple and secure method for removing private folders from the sight of other PC users.