harriko
Feb 15 2005, 08:49 PM
| | In this tutorial i will show ou how to hide your documents or folders, but you have to remember where it is! ok lets go!
pick a file you want to hide from windows XP, to help you i will hide a file "hidden.doc" in "C:"
open command prompt:
START>RUN>CMD
you might find yourself in your user directory. in the command prompt go into the directory of where your file is going to be hidden.
as my "hidden.doc" is in "C:" i will use "cd.." command to "change directory before" till i get into my C: drive
once your there use the attributes command on the file you are hiding. this is what you put into the command prompt.
CODE attrib +r +a +s +h hidden.doc
replace the hidden.doc with your own file.
hope you find this useful! |
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ChronicLoser
Feb 16 2005, 04:29 AM
...okay, say my file is hidden. Then how do i access it again? And when you say "hidden", is it the same thing as when you right-click>Properties then check the hidden box? Or is this a different type of file hiding? lol oops, nevermind. I just tried it, and I have no idea where hidden.doc ran off to, lol. Alright, so how do i access the hidden file?
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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG
Feb 16 2005, 07:33 AM
lol.. CHronicLoser.. stop before you kill me.. roflmao. Anyways, you can use that attrib command over entire directory contents.. So if anyone's ever trying to find out where the hidden files ran off to - if you have any idea about it's containing directory - go in there and do a: attrib -GetRidOfAllOfThem *.* naah am just kidding.. doing a attrib -h *.* would suffice Btw, your files never really get hidden this way - they just fail to show up on a diectory listing with the dir command or in the explorer file view because of their +h or +s attributes. But if you have the Tools > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders in your Windows Explorer turned to ON, all such files become visible immediately. The same can be achieved by using dir /a command in console. [/tab]Incidentally since we are taking about dos based attributes, I'd like to mention one little option that can be used with the "dir" command. It goes like: dir /o:n /pCryptic ?? /o: X - means the ORDER in which you want to files to be displayed. X here can be replaced with anything from n - for name based alphabetical listing
t - listing where files are grouped according to their type
d - to group files according to date of creation
s - to group them by their sizes
[tab]The last /p option tells dir to display the files PAGE-BY-PAGE so they don't just scroll off the screen without you being able to see the list completely. If you don't want to specify these options over and over again, everytime you do a dir, then you can include this syntax in your autoexec.bat file. SET DIRCMD = /o:n /pAs you can see, this will set an environmental variable that the dir command reads while listing files. All the best 
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Ryan
Feb 16 2005, 03:58 PM
the best means of hidding a file in XP is keeping it in My Documents, so which other users, unless an administrator, cannot access. The owner screen name's documents can't even be accesses by other admins, along with I think the administrator account, but thats disabled unless you are in safe mode or no other accouts exist, at least in XP home.
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ChronicLoser
Feb 27 2005, 08:46 PM
QUOTE(microscopic^earthling @ Feb 16 2005, 12:33 AM) lol.. CHronicLoser.. stop before you kill me.. roflmao. Anyways, you can use that attrib command over entire directory contents.. So if anyone's ever trying to find out where the hidden files ran off to - if you have any idea about it's containing directory - go in there and do a: attrib -GetRidOfAllOfThem *.* naah am just kidding.. doing a attrib -h *.* would suffice Btw, your files never really get hidden this way - they just fail to show up on a diectory listing with the dir command or in the explorer file view because of their +h or +s attributes. But if you have the Tools > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders in your Windows Explorer turned to ON, all such files become visible immediately. The same can be achieved by using dir /a command in console. [/tab]Incidentally since we are taking about dos based attributes, I'd like to mention one little option that can be used with the "dir" command. It goes like: dir /o:n /pCryptic ?? /o: X - means the ORDER in which you want to files to be displayed. X here can be replaced with anything from n - for name based alphabetical listing
t - listing where files are grouped according to their type
d - to group files according to date of creation
s - to group them by their sizes
[tab]The last /p option tells dir to display the files PAGE-BY-PAGE so they don't just scroll off the screen without you being able to see the list completely. If you don't want to specify these options over and over again, everytime you do a dir, then you can include this syntax in your autoexec.bat file. SET DIRCMD = /o:n /pAs you can see, this will set an environmental variable that the dir command reads while listing files. All the best :) hmm...i dunno. I always keep my "hidden" option on...yet I couldn't see it after typing in "attrib +r +a +s +h hidden.doc". Nevertheless "attrib -r -a -s -h hidden.doc" revealed the file back to me. I dunno. I'm somewhat ignorant when it comes to dos. Oh well. Oops, i just realized that I'm not using Windows XP... >_<
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abhishek
Aug 15 2005, 04:41 PM
Why use command promt while windows allows you to hide files by just entering into the file properties box and checking the hidden attrib. And to restoring can also be done without using command prompt.
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abhiram
Aug 15 2005, 05:03 PM
Hey, I wrote a tutorial on the same topic not too long ago. There are 2 methods in mine. One of them is this one. Sorry, I didn't know this topic was done before. Here's the post: http://www.astahost.com/hiding-files-folders-t7128.htmlm^e: That's a neat idea, but what do you do about it in winxp? I mean, autoexec.bat is 0 bytes long in mine  . I don't think winxp uses autoexec.bat.
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Jeigh
Aug 15 2005, 05:27 PM
Hmm, I'll have to play around with that tonight. Not that I have a use for it, but why not? lol
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abhay
Dec 23 2006, 05:56 AM
QUOTE attrib +r +a +s +h hidden.doc We can easily set three attributes out of the above four attributes by simply right clicking on any folder or file. They are simply +r :Read Only +a : Archive +h : hidden and the fourth one "+s " is for system file attribute. Any file or folder made hidden with this attribute can be made visible by opening explorer>tools>folder options>view and then by unchecking on the check box 'Hide Protected Operating System Files' and by showing hidden files simultaneously.
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joe.k
Dec 23 2006, 12:48 PM
ooooooh... nice i havent tried it yet but i preffer no to. it more easier to hide them from properties page guess what the hell i am gona use this option for anyway and i am kinda a newbie in CMD command 
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RonelNov 26 2007, 03:08 PM This ain't new...Even though the dos way is quite nice! Here is THE simple way! 1. Right-click on the file/folder you want to be hidden(shh!) 2. Click Properties. 3. At the Properties dialog, you will see a entry "Attributes:"(see picture) 4. You will see there a checkbox hidden...Click it! 5. Click OK or Apply. Easy! Easy, but not the same effect... If in folder options there is checked the option to view hidden files you;ll can see it... By the first case it's not possible -reply by Yoan
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ethergeek
Feb 26 2008, 02:38 PM
There's another post like this around somewhere that I've said the same thing on: hiding files is pointless! If you're the computer's only administrative user, just change the permissions on the file or the directory its in. If there are other admin users, just install something like TrueCrypt to stash your private files in. If you don't have admin on the computer, just keep your private files on a thumb drive. Or better yet, keep a copy of GPG and your keyrings on a thumb drive and just encrypt your files when you aren't using them. The same effect can be achieved by a password-protected 7-zip or RAR file. Simply hiding files just doesn't work...this was great to keep your files safe from your kids back in the DOS days...but in modern times...no. If your privacy is at all important, put a little more effort into maintaining it.
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Feb 26 2008, 06:10 AM
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Replying to harrikoSir according to your kind suggestion I used the same syntax but when I again edit the file the file opened,but I want to hide.Please suggest me. -reply by sudhansu sekhar sahoo
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Nov 26 2007, 03:08 PM
this ain't new...even though the dos way is quite nice! Here is THE simple way! 1. Right-click on the file/folder you want to be hidden(shh!) 2. Click Properties. 3. At the Properties dialog, you will see a entry "Attributes:"(see picture) 4. You will see there a checkbox hidden....click it! 5. Click OK or Apply. Easy!
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