Hidden files on Windows

Ensuring the security of your files would be the highest priority, especially if the data that is being protected is very important to you. In Windows, there are files which are hidden because Windows does not want the occasional user interacting with them or indeed accidentally deleting them and causing a system crash or an application not to run. This makes a lot of sense from a personal and business user point of view. Hence there are some circumstances which you too will purposely hide certain files because they contain confidential information such as financial details or personal data that you do not want made public. The question, however, is what happens when you forget where you have put these files, especially if there are too many of them?

Here is where this nifty utility software called Find Protected comes into the picture. It can be set to find hidden files which you could not locate due to their disparate locations all over your hard drive and folders. The software can find hidden or password-protected files that you have been wanting to locate. Not only that, it can also show hidden files that previously could not be detected due to an option in a file which prevents it from being shown by the Windows option. You can even generate a list of password-protected files on your computer. Neat. Read also how you can enhance IT security kpi with this excellent article on the topic.