Free tool to Password Protect your Exe Files
Some times you will need to protect some .exe files in your system from others.
Empathy. Empathy is a free and portable application. which will allow you to protect your .exe files using password.Empathy allows you to protect potentially dangerous programs against running by an unauthorized person. You can use it to protect executable files in public places like schools, internet cafes or even homes.
Use the Protect button to password protect your application. While the Unprotect button will remove the password.
The Test button will run the protected application and to see whether the application can be run after protected by password.
The protected application can be run at different machine or different Windows OS, as long as you have the password.
The unregistereded version can only accept 1 character password. You have to register the product by sending a post card to the author 
Michal Strehovsky,
Pri Panorame 28,
945 01 Komarno,
Slovakia
Download : Empathy
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