WinRAR is a utility for compressing and decompressing files. Compression of files reduces their size, so that they can be easily attached and sent over emails. Also they can be easily transferred via pen drives, cd`s and through other Medias.
In addition of compression and decompression WinRAR provides an excellent feature to ensure security. While sending important and confidential data it is essential to take measures to ensure its security. So that it cannot be accessed by unauthorized persons.
WinRAR provides a mechanism to set password for the created achieve. While extracting the archive the user is asked for the password and only the correct password will allow the extraction of data from the archive. This prevents unauthorized access.
Now the question arises that how to make an archive password protected? It is very simple, the following points and images will help you.
- Right click on the folder or files that you want to compress.
- A menu will appear as shown in the image. Select the add to achieve option.
- In the window click on advanced tab and then select 'set password'
- Give the password in the field provided and click on OK
- Make the achieve file. Now your file is protected with the password.
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