How can you prevent others from opening a text file when transferring the file to other computers?

Question

Windows

Some data that is used in the project is stored in a text file, but now the task has arisen to transfer this text editor to other computers (Starting from Windows XP and ending with Windows 10), but I don’t want this file to be able to be opened, how can I do it?

Answer 1

No way

Answer 2

You can restrict access to information in a file in the following ways:
You need a key to decrypt. The key can be hidden inside some file (together with other "garbage") or received via the Internet (and if it is not there?) - simple protection.
If the program process is launched under the current user, then the user will have the same read rights as the program.
And one more option: do not store sensitive data locally on the computer at all.

Answer 3

Sfx (or normal) archive with a password. Or a media with an ntfs partition and access restriction at the user level. The archive is better. Yes, and it's easier.

Answer 4

try to set these NTFS rights. This will hide the file in the folder.