Thank you for choosing Filelocker... and welcome to the safest and most secure file locking application available. If you are new to Filelocker take a quick tour to get started quickly and learn how to safely lock away all of your personal files, and keep them safe from unwanted eyes. For those who have already been using the previous version of Filelocker, you will soon learn of all the new features and capabilities that make this release the fastest and safest way to keep your private files locked away from unwanted users. For the latest version updates and product information, please visit: www.lockyourfiles.com.

Using the Documentation

This topic provides basic information about Filelocker's documentation.

Filelocker comes with a built in help system which allows you to browse through all help files offline. This system contains many helpful features that will allow you to get the most out of the help documentation. This system works similar to a normal (Web) browser in that you can follow links within the help window and use the forward and backward arrows to follow your path back or forward.

All key help items have been indexed for searching purposes which allows you to perform a search on a key topic and get back a list of items relating to your search. These items will be sorted with a number in parenthesis describing the number of times the key words show up in each particular help file. Generally the items at the top of the list are the most relevant items for the search performed.

Filelocker version 2 cross-platform HTML Help is readable on any HTML (Web) browser. Help has a new Explorer-style Table of Contents and an Index with incremental search. These features are built in to the Help Browser provided with Filelocker. If you prefer another browser for Web surfing, consider installing one of the following recommended browsers and using it for the Filelocker HTML documentation:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x (or higher)

Netscape Navigator 4.5 (or higher)

Both recommended browsers are free and you can download them from the Netscape or Microsoft web sites respectively.

For any other information on the help documentation please send your questions and comments to support@lockyourfiles.com

Help documentation volumes

Off-line Help documentation is organized into several "volumes" each with a particular focus.

Getting Started

The place to start, especially for first-time users. Begin with the quick tour of the user interface so you know what you're looking at when you run Filelocker. Next, learn about Filelocker's key features. This section gives you a high-level overview, a brief "how-to" explanation if appropriate, plus links to the main topic(s) in the User Guide and any related topics found elsewhere.

User's Guide

Provides in-depth coverage of Filelocker's features and generally explains how to do different things with the product. Learn about the Virtual File System and how to perform different actions or operations to files on your computer. Learn the various ways to lock, unlock, view and export files. Explore important points for different techniques to perform these operations.

Configuration Guide

Provides detailed instructions on how to configure Filelocker to work exactly the way you need it to. Configuration allows you to customize the application to your needs and provides you with various time saving operations. Learn how to instruct Filelocker to only show the files you want to see and ignore all others, or open your files using only the programs you want to use.

The table of contents is here.