Sometimes you need to protect files and folders to maintain privacy and leaking out of important information.We have seen software to lock your folders similarly here is a freeware application which will lock i.e, password protect .exe files so that it is impossible to extract any code or swf files from your exe files unless you tell the exe passwords.The complete freeware software called Empathy unlike other commercial exe password softwares will protect your executable files in a few steps!
Exe Password Protect
Choose your file, enter the password and empathy will protect/unprotect them in the future.The current version allows you to set a one letter password, if you are looking to protect exe using long tailed passwords then just mail the developer a postcard (Weird eh?)
and he will send the software via email.The current empathy version will be enough to make a simple exe password protection! Here are some more recommended alternatives

This is the weired software I’ve ever seen, we must send the author a postcard in order to get the register code.