A trial is NOT a giveaway.... + after 6 months what? You get a message "We have encrypted your files, please pay us XXX amount to unlock your files"?

This may be exactly what I'm looking to purchase, but I'll pass. If the program is going to have a time limit, I want to evaluate the full program - not some crippled giveaway version.

I do not like these GOTD's software that has a limited time period and then it expires unless you pay to keep using them. A majority of the time, I would not use the programs that often to warrant paying for them, and when I find that I do try to use them, I am confronted with a message that they have expired. I can deal without the free technical support or future updates, but I am not paying for something that is supposed to be free, but with future-paying strings attached. It's not worth it to me. I have started to watch the terms of the software give-aways and when I see time limits on them, I just pass them by.

Windows allows us to make a folder "Hidden". Also, 7-ZIP (totally free file compression utility app) allows us to encrypt any file or folder. So, encrypt with 7-Zip then (only takes 2 clicks after setup) and tell Windows to make it hidden.

The advantage of software like Wise Folder Hider Pro, IMHO, is ease of use. In comparison the free open source VeraCrypt isn't really hard to use, but there is some reading/learning involved. BitLocker is included in some versions of Windows, e.g. Win10 Pro & Ent., but the learning curve might be a bit steeper yet, & it only provides encryption. Likewise Windows EFS won't hide anything, but may be the simplest way to encrypt files &/or folders, turned on/off via the properties dialog using Windows Explorer.

Like BitLocker, Veracrypt can encrypt whole drive partition(s), but it also can protect files/folders on an otherwise unencrypted drive/partition. It doesn't really hide your files, but uses an encrypted VHD [Virtual Hard Disk or Drive] where your stuff is stored, so rather than individual file/folder names, that VHD file is all anyone sees, & it can be stored anywhere, including inside another Veracrypt [or Windows] VHD. You use the Veracrypt program to mount its VHDs [after entering your password], so they appear as another drive in Windows Explorer. Files on that encrypted VHD are unencrypted automatically when you access them, & any files added are automatically encrypted.

The closest I've seen to actually hiding files/folders is with an app called Gilisoft USB Stick Encryption. I've got version 1 [2010] from an old GOTD -- it's now up to v. 6 -- that still works, including with Windows 10. It works somewhat like Veracrypt, mounting a VHD, but there's no visible VHD file -- you just see the 3 MB Agent.exe file. When you run it, after entering your password, it mounts what appears to be another USB drive.

I have a question. What happens to the program after the six month license expires? Does the program stop working or what?

Thank you

My program does not register and does not become the "Pro" version.
It stays at the free version and I have no serial number or anyway to activate this program to make it Pro.
I uninstalled it, rebooted and tried again and still no luck, it DOES NOT ACTIVATE.
Very angry and very disappointed.

I like the software. Simple and it works. Nice interface.
Maybe I will send them an email to know what happens after the 6 months. No worries.. Thank you for the giveaway.

"Failed to load driver. Please restart and try again" After restart, same message appears.

Lose your password: lose your files!! Bad idea.

System Requirements: Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1 (x32/x64)

Installation in Win10-64 Pro, and it seems to work fine.
Also made a container, encrypted.
This container[30Mb] I put on the Net.
Can someone open this container? I did use a password on the program:
https://ootjegotd.stackstorage.com/s/BF5vRqjISUAo6O3

At $20 a year recurring every year, this 'Pro' version is for the amnesiac with deep pockets, differing only from its always-free sibling in that it offers "premium technical support" (this presumably being better than, uh, non-premium technical support??) and in-built file/folder encryption:

http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-folder-hider-free.html

To all intents and purposes then, it's another example of security rentalware in the same way as is iObit's 'Protected Folder'. There is, however, something distinctively odd about today's giveaway, and it's this:

Wise Folder Hider Free becomes an expensive proposition if the user forgets her / his password, because Wise charges a substantial fee for password recovery.

Yet today's six-month-trial Wise Folder Hider Pro also becomes an expensive proposition for the exact same reason. Why? Because Wise has removed 'free password recovery' from its feature set, thus stripping out a crucial distinguishing element that separates one version from the other.

As to the actual features of the Pro version, the fact is that file encryption can easily be undertaken by anyone outside a program such as this, whilst file / folder "hiding" is easily managed using always-free software such as that from Safehouse. And though some might welcome a 'password recovery' facility, they'd be well advised to consider the wisdom of sharing their password with any third party, doesn't matter if it's a software developer or not. Far better to take responsibility for one's own safety and use a local (device only) archival manager like Sticky to keep it safe.

An additional complication -- in my experience -- has also arisen where this product is concerned. Some folks of my acquaintance who've ceased to use Wise Folder Hider Free, have long since forgotten the password, and eventually decided to be rid of it, have failed to do so because the software requires the user to input the password before uninstallation is permitted. Wise would, of course, provide that password. . . For a fee.

A variation of these shenanigans has also occurred: the inability to install a new version of Wise Folder Hider because an earlier version was never properly removed, and so the requirement for that forgotten password continued to apply. As before, Wise would supply that password, for a fee. (Savvy computer users would be able to get around these difficulties; ordinary users, not. In that latter case, Wise's presence on their computers continues on whether they like the idea or not.)

In view of all that, and in particular Wise's attempt today to offer a 6-month trial of a Pro version which isn't the actual Pro version, thanks GOTD . . . but no thanks.

Hide your stuff for 6 months, then what, have to shell out for the program?