It is that simple to encrypt and password-protect text files in Windows 10.
If the password is correct, the text file will be decrypted and opened in the Crypto Notepad application. Type the password and click the “Ok” button. In the browse window, find the “Crypto Notepad.exe” file, select it, and click the “Open” button.Īs soon as you do that, you will see a password prompt. Next, scroll down and click on the “Look for another app in this PC” link. If that’s the case, you will see the Open With dialog box. By default, the file may not be associated with the Crypto Notepad application. To open the encrypted text file, find the saved file and double-click on it. Using this method, you can create as many encrypted text files as you need. With that, you’ve successfully created an encrypted and password-protected text file in Windows 10. Once you are done, either press the “Ctrl + S” shortcut or click on the “Save” icon to save the file. TextPad is a fully-featured text editor meant to serve not only as a replacement for Microsofts Notepad program but also as a replacement for other. After the initial save, you are free to write anything you want.Ħ. So, select a destination folder, type a name in the “File Name” field and click the “Save” button in the “Save As” window.ĥ. The application asks you to choose a name and location to save the file. Make sure the password is hard to guess but easy to remember.Ĥ. Now, type a password and click “Ok.” This is the password you need to enter to open the text file in the future. This action will create a new text file.ģ. After opening Crypto Notepad, select the “File -> New” option. After extracting, double-click on the exe file to open the Crypto Notepad application.Ģ. After downloading, open the zip file and extract the exe file in it to a folder of your choice. First, download Crypto Notepad from its Github page. Moreover, the software is really easy to use.ġ.
One of the best things about this software is that it is portable, i.e, you don’t have to install it. To create, encrypt, and password-protect text files in Windows 10, we are going to use a free and open-source software called Crypto Notepad.
In this short and simple Windows how-to guide, let me show how to encrypt and password-protect a text file. This is because an encrypted file requires a password to decrypt and show the contents. Once you encrypt a text file, no one other than you can open it. As such, encryption is a must to protect important data in the text file. Windows won’t stop them unless you restrict permissions to that user. Typically, any user in Windows can open a text file without much difficulty. Unlike me, if you are writing something important, like a list of contacts, not-so-important passwords, personal information, etc., you must encrypt and password-protect the text file.