How to unlock a folder protected password in 64-bit Windows 7

Hello

I set up a password protected folder and now I see a small lock in the folder icon and I don't know how to unlock... Help, please
Stem

Something is not here.  As Shawn & Bruce also said, there is no function "Encrypt contents to secure data" in Windows 7.

Are you sure that you do not see the content or you, as Shawn suggested, get confused by the lock on the file symbol?  Maybe you put the files you expect in subfolders and are actually see everything that you are supposed to in the current folder.

A lock symbol does not mean you are locked, it means [once again, as Shawn said] that the file belongs to someone.  If you are the only user so that would mean you in a folder that you created.

It's just a shot in the water but that enable the display of hidden files-files in case that's the problem is.  ALT - t, folder options, view - the setting is about a third of the way down.  You can reset this later.

Please can clarify you what you did & whether or not you can see the folder / subfolder content if one of us can help you?  You better also would confirm where this folder is and whether other users have been put up on this computer.

[When this problem is solved, look up 'User account control' in the help system window - this is what controls multiple users on a computer and also affects one user.]

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