What's new in this version of Folder Guard

Version 9.0 (April 20, 2013)

This is a major upgrade offering many changes, with the goal to make it easier to set up the protection and reduce possible confusion over the many options that Folder Guard offers. Here are the most significant changes from the previous versions 8.x:

The user interface has been updated, that will hopefully make Folder Guard even easier to use than before.

The Permissions command has been removed. If you used on this command in the previous version, you may want to use the Group Policy and Local Security Policy commands of Windows instead.

The Trusted Programs list now uses the full path to the program's file to determine whether it should be trusted. With this change, if you have added a custom trusted program to the list in the previous version, you will need to add it again, using its full path.

The protection of the folders on the mapped network drives is no longer offered. If you relied on this feature in the previous version of Folder Guard, you may want to use the built-in network security of Windows to control access to the network drives.

Folder Guard now automatically handles the proper access to the desktop.ini files of the protected folders, to preserve the custom icons and other customizations of the folders, if any.

Folder Guard no longer supports the pre-Windows XP versions of Windows (such as Windows 2000 and earlier).

In order to use the filters of Folder Guard, you must now purchase a full (business) license. If you purchase a personal/home use license only, the filters will have no effect.

Many other improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.4 (March 25, 2011)

A problem has been corrected that caused the hidden folder attribute not to be applied properly in some situations.

A problem has been corrected that caused the desktop icons to become hidden after disabling the protection in some situations.

A problem has been corrected that in some situations caused the Toggle Protection command not to accept the password even if the correct password was entered.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.3.2 (November 4, 2010)

This update corrects an error introduced in version 8.3.1 that prevented some license keys from being accepted as valid.

Version 8.3.1 (November 1, 2010)

A problem has been corrected that caused the mapped networked drives not to be protected as expected in some situations.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.3 (October 15, 2010)

An option to enable protection in the safe mode of Windows has been added. (Previously, this could only be enabled manually).

You can now set up the user-specific restrictions for the domain users.

Several new filters have been added to allow you to lock all applications, your MP3 collection, or to restrict access to any removable drive someone might attach to your computer.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.2 (September 25, 2009)

A problem has been corrected that prevented the password prompts for the locked folders to appear after double-clicking on them in Windows 7.

Several other improvements have been made to make Folder Guard fully compatible with Windows 7.

The Export/Import Working Set commands have been replaced with the Administrator's Kit.

Version 8.1 (March 25, 2009)

A problem has been corrected that prevented entering upper-case characters in the passwords.

A problem has been corrected that prevented the option "Show password" from working when the option "Protect password prompts from the Password stealers" was disabled.

Several other minor improvements and corrections have been made.

Version 8.0 (January 31, 2009)

The separate editions have been combined into one installation package.

New images from icons-icons.com have been added.

The size of the toolbar buttons can now be selected by the user.

A new permission has been added: Allow Task Manager.

Several minor improvements and corrections have been made.