How to use McAfee File Lock

What is McAfee File Lock?
Sharing a personal vault
Setting up a personal vault

Setting up a personal vault

  1. Double-click the McAfee® icon in your taskbar.
  2. Open the Data Protection drawer.
  3. Select File Lock.
  4. Click Create.

    If you are creating your first vault, you will be prompted to set up three security questions to be used if you ever forget your password. Take care creating your security questions. They will remain the same for all vaults you create in the future.

    IMPORTANT: If you forget both your password and the answers to your security questions, Bell Support cannot open your vault for you. Your vault will remain permanently locked and your files will be inaccessible.

    1. Select the three security questions from the drop-down menus and enter your answers.
    2. Click Next.
  5. Type a name for your vault. It cannot be the same as an existing vault.
  6. Use the slider to select the size of your vault.

    Note: You must have enough room available on your hard drive to create the vault (e.g., to create a 1 GB vault you must have 1 GB of space free on your hard drive). You cannot change the vault size after you set it.

  7. Type a password in the Password field and the Confirm Password field. Click Next.
  8. If you want to change the default location or drive letter of the vault, click Advanced.
  9. Choose whether you want to complete setup with your vault locked or unlocked, and click Finish.

Note: It may take a few minutes for File Lock to create a very large vault.

 

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Recovering a lost password
What is McAfee File Lock?

What is McAfee File Lock?

McAfee® File Lock allows you to store private files in a secure, personal vault on your computer, a shared network drive or on removable media, such as a USB drive, CD or DVD. Files in the vault are not visible, and cannot be accessed without a password.

File Lock is a feature of McAfee Security from Bell - Best. Note: File Lock is not compatible with Macintosh computers.

To learn more about using File Lock, please see Common questions about McAfee File Lock on the McAfee website.

 

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Sharing a personal vault

Sharing a personal vault

When you create a personal vault, it is associated with the My Documents folder for the Windows user account you create it in and will not be accessible to other user accounts on the same computer.

If you want to share a vault, create it on a network drive or removable media (USB drive, CD, DVD). You can then create a link to your vault on the other user account or computer. Note that vaults created on a CD or DVD will be read-only.

To learn more, please read this article on the McAfee® website.

 

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Setting up a personal vault

Setting up a personal vault

  1. Double-click the McAfee® icon in your taskbar.
  2. Open the Data Protection drawer.
  3. Select File Lock.
  4. Click Create.

    If you are creating your first vault, you will be prompted to set up three security questions to be used if you ever forget your password. Take care creating your security questions. They will remain the same for all vaults you create in the future.

    IMPORTANT: If you forget both your password and the answers to your security questions, Bell Support cannot open your vault for you. Your vault will remain permanently locked and your files will be inaccessible.

    1. Select the three security questions from the drop-down menus and enter your answers.
    2. Click Next.
  5. Type a name for your vault. It cannot be the same as an existing vault.
  6. Use the slider to select the size of your vault.

    Note: You must have enough room available on your hard drive to create the vault (e.g., to create a 1 GB vault you must have 1 GB of space free on your hard drive). You cannot change the vault size after you set it.

  7. Type a password in the Password field and the Confirm Password field. Click Next.
  8. If you want to change the default location or drive letter of the vault, click Advanced.
  9. Choose whether you want to complete setup with your vault locked or unlocked, and click Finish.

Note: It may take a few minutes for File Lock to create a very large vault.

 

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Recovering a lost password

Recovering a lost password

  1. Double-click the McAfee® vault you want to unlock.
  2. Click I forgot my password.
  3. Type the answers to your three security questions.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Enter a new password in the Password and Confirm Password boxes.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Click Finish.

Your McAfee vault password will be changed to the one you typed and the vault will be unlocked.

IMPORTANT: If you forget both your password and the answers to your security questions, Bell Support cannot open your vault for you. Your vault will remain permanently locked and your files will be inaccessible.

 

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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