A simple utility for locking folders on Windows 11
Installing Vault is a two-step process.
Step One - Installing Custom Context Menu
- Click the link above, and install Custom Context Menu by touchwp, there is a free and paid option, either one will work
- Open Custom Context Menu, and in the bottom left corner click the Settings gear icon
- In the Menu Title field, enter Vault
- In both of the Menu Icon fields, enter "%VAULT_APP_DIRECTORY%\Icon.ico" (including the quotes)
- Close Custom Context Menu, this part of set-up is done
Step Two - Installing Vault
- Click the link above, to download the latest release of Vault Installer.zip
- Extract the two items from the downloaded zip to a temporary folder
- Run the Vault Installer.exe file
- Choose an installation directory and agree to the license
- Click "Install"
All done! Vault is now installed and usable on your machine by right-clicking on any folder.
This software is very unstable, I threw it together in just a few hours, and it is bound to have lots of issues (feel free to report these). For most people, it should be usable, but I welcome contributions from anyone with time to improve it.