What’s new in this version:
Folder Guard 25.7.0
– A new option Show Unlock commands on the icon menu for password-protected folders has been added that controls whether the menu of the taskbar notification icon contains commands to unlock local password-protected folders
– The notification message displayed after unlocking a local password-protected folder now contains a link that you can click to open the unlocked folder with File Explorer
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 24.11.0
– This update corrects a problem that in some situations could cause a BSOD during OS startup
Folder Guard 24.10.0
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– You can now use Folder Guard to block programs from starting while the protection of Folder Guard is in effect
– A new option Block programs for trusted users has been added that controls whether trusted users are allowed to start the blocked programs
– The items on the Trusted list can now be selected using the check marks
– A problem that prevented the use of the Options view when a language other than English was selected has been corrected
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 24.8.0
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– The ghost folders can now be password-protected. (However, such folders must be specified using exact paths, masks are not supported.)
– The simple masks for restricting access and visibility of the ghost folders can now contain star characters at the end of each path component
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 23.5.0
– Change log not available for this version
Folder Guard 23.2.0
– Change log not available for this version
Folder Guard 22.12.0
– When creating or changing a password that is too short, Folder Guard now displays a warning and offers to choose a longer password
– The Ukrainian language has been added
– Several minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 22.10.0
– The digital signatures of the executable files have been updated according to the latest security requirements of Windows 11 and Windows 10
Folder Guard 22.9.0
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– When a shortcut is chosen to be protected with Folder Guard, the user is now prompted to select whether to protect the shortcut itself or the target
– The reparse points can now be protected with Folder Guard, too
– When enabling or disabling the stealth mode, the visibility of the taskbar notification icon of Folder Guard is now controlled automatically, too, along with other Folder Guard shortcuts
– Several minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 22.5.0
– A new option has been added to record the file system events in a log file for troubleshooting purposes
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 22.3.0
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– Native support for the ARM 64-bit processor architecture has been implemented
– New command line switches have been added: /SILENT and /VERBOSE
– Several minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 21.4.0
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– The temporary passwords with expiration dates can now be used to pause the protection or unlock the pasword-protected folders
– Several minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 20.10.3
– This update corrects a problem that was causing system crashes in some situations
Folder Guard 20.10
– This update corrects a problem that was causing crashes in some situations with third-party storage solutions used alongside of Folder Guard
Folder Guard 20.9
Improvements and corrections:
– The Traditional Chinese language has been added to the list of the available languages
– Several minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 20.1
Improvements and corrections:
– The Catalan language has been added to the list of the available languages
– The Trusted Programs list can now contain masks to specify classes of the paths that should be trusted
– The Trusted Programs list can now contain UNC paths specifying programs located on other network computers
– A problem has been corrected that prevented paths longer than 64 characters to be added to the Trusted Programs list
– If Folder Guard is installed using an MSI package from the Administrator’s Kit, it is now prevented from being uninstalled by the end user via the Control Panel (It can still be uninstalled via the Group Policy or by running the msiexec utility)
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made
Folder Guard 19.9
– This update offers several performance improvements that make certain system backup operations faster
Folder Guard 19.7
This update offers several improvements and corrections:
– A problem has been corrected that prevented Folder Guard from working properly when a very large number of different folders were configured to be protected.
– Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.
Folder Guard 19.6
– This update offers a correction that should prevent system crashes that could occur in some situations when browsing to the network locations protected with Folder Guard