Sometimes it is necessary to make sure that a specific file or group of files do not get into other people's hands and have not been viewed. One option for solving this task is to install a password to the archive. Let's find out how to do this in the WinRar program.
Installation of the password in Viryrr
Consider a phased algorithm for setting a password to the archive through WinRar.
- First of all, we need to choose the files that we are going to encrypt. Then you call the right mouse button with the context menu and select the "Add Files to Archive" item.
- In the settings window that opens, the archive created by clicking on the Set Password button.
- After that, we enter the password that we want to install on the archive. It is desirable that its length is at least seven characters. In addition, it is extremely desirable that the password consists of both numbers and from the capital and lowercase letters located in the afternoon. Thus, you can guarantee the maximum protection of your password from hacking and other action of intruders.
To hide the names of files in an archive from an extraneous eye, you can set a mark near the "encrypt file names".
- Then we return to the archive settings window. If all other parameters, including the location of the destination file, are suitable, press the "OK" button. In the opposite case, we make additional settings and after that we click on the "OK" button.
- Once you click on the "OK" button, the saved archive will be created.
It is important to note that you can put a password for the archive in the WinRAR program only during its creation. If the archive has already been created, and you only decided to set the password on it, you should repack files anew, or attach an existing archive to a new one.
As you can see, although the creation of a saved archive in the WinRAR program, at first glance, is not so difficult, still it is necessary to take into account some nuances.