I have nothing to 'hide'....lol
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Most users here are opposed to time limited offerings. I can understand the need for subscription based anti virus or anti malware programs that need constant updates to remain effective. I fail to see what updates this offering requires that would justify a six month payment. Perhaps the publisher could offer an explanation?

what is the log in password? why every giveaway incomplete this way???
it's useless .. i will delete it

Hi Xilolee,
I like the function that I don't have to rehide the file after editing, but what does the prog. do behind the scene? deletes the original file? Can that original be recovered?
Thanks

Installed fine on Windows 10 64bit. The free version hides individual files or folders. After doing so, changing the options in explorer such as to show hidden files or using another program did not make it appear. You can also set a different password for each file or folder you hide, so just getting into the program wont automatically make every file available, and the files dont automatically unhide when opening the program itself unless you click on them. When you close the main program after using the file or program it puts them all to hidden mode. As far as the paid side, a separate menu option lets you easily create an encrypted volume with or without another password and mounts as a drive letter, which you then can add files or folders to it and will unmount with an exit of the program so thats easy. It did not delete the volume when I deleted it from the program. It does not allow you to rename the file to have a different extension to be more obscure, so its currently going to have a wfhd extension which identifies the file. It does not have any settings at all regarding the encryption nor info on the encryption used which needs to be improved for a paid program. I currently use the free Truecrypt 7.1a not 7.2 for encrypted volumes and that will open a renamed file such as mp3.cache as well as many options for the encryption. If you lose your password with the paid not giveaway program, it will email it to the email on file so if someone has access to your email, they can get into the program but not the files or folders you set another password to thats different.

There's no real way to hide files/folders on a normally formatted drive partition -- they're listed in the tables for the partition, and accessible to whatever OS is used. The OS [e.g. Windows, Linux etc.] can hide files/folders from some users, for example Windows hiding system files, but if you have the required privileges [e.g. an Admin account], you can override such settings. Wise Folder Hider Pro [& similar apps] doesn't actually hide files/folders, but not unlike some root kits, tells Windows not to see or display them -- they're still there, and only invisible to that copy of Windows with the file/folder hiding software installed. That might well be perfectly OK -- not everyone is going to suspect that there are hidden folders to look for, not everyone's going to have something like a bootable USB stick in their pocket, & if say the only working USB ports are on the back of a PC, someone crawling under a desk to reach them might be very noticeable.

With Wise Folder Hider Pro you can also go a step further, creating & using what many companies call "Safes", that are basically encrypted VHDs [Virtual Hard Disks]. From the product page: "To encrypt files, you need to create an encrypted partitioned drive first, then drag and drop your files and folders to the encrypted drive." When encrypted VHDs are mounted they act like a separate drive partition, where anything written to that partition is encrypted on-the-fly, and anything read or copied or moved is decrypted on-the-fly. And Wise Folder Hider Pro will hide those VHDs when using that copy of Windows.

Mounting VHD's requires a driver, and telling Windows not to see certain files/folders is usually accomplished by using a driver, since drivers are automatically loaded whenever Windows starts. Drivers, like all other software, can have incompatibilities, and the fact that they're loaded when Windows starts can make incompatible drivers more of a problem than say a regular app, which you can just not run. When a new driver is added to Windows, Windows saves the old info -- you can try to restore things using the Last Known Good option from the boot menu. Setting a restore point prior to installing software that includes drivers is a good thing -- performing a backup, even better.

You can also use the open source VeraCrypt to create encrypted VHDs, and while they won't be hidden from view, you can create a 2nd encrypted *and hidden* VHD inside the outer, visible one. The free unused storage space in the outer VHD is filled with garbage data, completely masking the data making up the hidden inner VHD, the idea being that anyone gaining access to the outer VHD, whether by cracking the password or you being forced to hand it over etc., would have no idea that there's anything hidden inside, and no way to detect it either. You choose which VHD you want to mount [open], inner or outer, by using the separate inner or outer VHD's password.

Got a response, now this makes sense!
Response comment:
Hi eldad. :-)

It will lose the pro functions and it will become the free version: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-folder-hider-free.html
You can find more details by following this link:
https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wise-folder-hider-pro-4-2-3/#comment-604353

Can somebody help me get this working?
Otherwise.. why did I even bother to download it?

It wouldn't let me make a password and now I can't log in!!

This program "may" cause issues with Windows 10. Had many random blue screens and restarts until I uninstalled
a version of this...and if you just want to "hide" a folder...

https://windows.gadgethacks.com/how-to/create-invisible-folder-windows-0118300/

...and please...no whiners about the fact that it's NOT encrypted...I KNOW...and neither is it using this POS.

I have used other versions of this program for years, and it is a GOOD product as are other Wise software tools.
I recommend!

Please explain: If not upgraded, than it will stop working, or file will be lost forever, Am I correct?
Not a great "Give away". No thank you.

Thank you for making this available. Will this work under W10 as the supported OS show only up to 8.1. Also can you secure individual files and folders or are you required to create an encrypted partition or space on the target drive first. Lastly what if we want to purchase this product are you providing any discount for GOTD members

Why another 6 month license? I suspect many will pass on these offers that only have a 6 month date before they have to cough up cash.

NB:6-month license, supports upgrading.,
what will hapen after 6-month, we will only not be able to upgrade but other functions continue, or we will not be able to use it, i.e the whole function will stop.