Understanding Folder Guard

In order to start protecting files and folders with Folder Guard, you need to run it and use its main window to specify which files and folders you want to be protected, and how exactly you want to protect them:

Specifying the protection attributes:

To protect a folder, you need to assign the desired protection attributes to that folder, using the commands of Folder Guard. For example, if you want to stop other users from opening the files from the folder, you would assign the No Access attribute to it. If you want the folder to appear empty, as if there were no files in that folder, you would assign the Empty attribute, and so on. (Read here the descriptions of all protection attributes you can use with Folder Guard.

Enabling the protection:

While you are configuring the protection using the commands of Folder Guard, no actual protection is taking place yet. To start protecting the folders and other resources, you need to enable the protection. You can do in several ways: by using the Tools - Enable Protection command of Folder Guard main program, or, if Folder Guard is not running, by pressing the hot key of Folder Guard, or by using the Start - Programs - Folder Guard - Toggle Protection command. You can also configure Folder Guard so that the protection would be enabled automatically for you at Windows startup.

Quick Start Wizard:

Folder Guard now includes Quick Start Wizard that can guide you through the steps necessary to protect your folders and configure the startup options properly. If you are not familiar with Folder Guard, it's highly recommended that you would to start using Folder Guard via the Quick Start Wizard: it can considerably reduce the time necessary to configure Folder Guard properly.