*******| My Lockbox Free | My Lockbox Pro | Hide Folders 2009 | Hide Folder Ext | |
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| Purpose | Protect files and folders on internal hard drives | Protect folders on external drives | ||
| Maximum number of protected folders | One* | Unlimited | Unlimited | One folder per drive* |
| Maximum size of protected files | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Protection modes** | Hide&Lock | Hide&Lock | Hide&Lock, Hide, Lock, Read-Only | Hide&Lock |
| File systems supported | NTFS, FAT, FAT32, exFAT | NTFS, FAT, FAT32, exFAT | NTFS, FAT, FAT32, exFAT | NTFS, FAT, FAT32 |
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| Wildcards support | *** |
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| Wiping tracks options | **** |
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| Protection if computer is started from CD (or disk connected to another PC) | |
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| Uninstall protection | Password protection | Password protection | Password protection. Option to hide information from Programs and Features applet. | Although uninstall is not password protected, uninstalling the program will not reveal your data |
| Download link | download now! | download now! | download now! | download now! |
| Price (in US$) | FREE | 24.95 | 29.95 | 29.95 |
* No limits on the number of subfolders.
** Hide - the folder is hidden, but it's possible to access its contents if you know full path to it; Lock - the folder is visible, but not accessible. Hide&Lock - the folder is invisible and inaccessible; Read-Only - the folder and its contents cannot be altered.
*** Only "*" is supported. E.g. C:\Docs\*.doc protects all doc files in C:\Docs folder.
**** Clears tracks in recent documents, Recycle Bin, Windows 7 Jump lists, removes itself from the mostly used programs list.