How to hide folders in your computer without using any software

Feb

2009

How to hide folders in your computer without using any software

vista One of the most common issues while working or playing with a computer shared with other coworkers or family members, has to do, without any doubt , with your privacy. You may wish to read these articles on how to prevent users from accessing your files and folders, recovering your deleted files and changing your display settings. Anyway, if you are concerned about people being able to see your personal files and folders more than anything else, here is a nice trick which, in a very sneaky way, is able to hide folders from view. They won’t even be available by using Windows Search!

Click Start.
In the Search box, type cmd and press Enter.
Change the partition where you want to put your hidden folder. To do it, type D: and press Enter.
Now type the following command, where myhiddenfolder is the name of your…hidden folder: D:/>attrib +h +s +r myhiddenfolder
Done!
If you want to revert the process, namely you want to show the folder type: D:/>attrib -h -s -r myhiddenfolder

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4 Comments to “How to hide folders in your computer without using any software”

Unknown Says:
July 25th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

hey i tried this….but it didnt work it says acces denied..and the folder i want to hide is on the desktop..

i have done this before i had a folder on the desktop that i hid this way..and all the contents in it…but when i rebooted my computer i forgot how to do it again…i remember that you have to type something about the desktop before you type D:/>attrib +h +s +r myfoldername
Web Talk Says:
July 26th, 2009 at 10:05 am

Hi there,
Try this other mode:

1: Go to RUN and type cmd.

2: Go to the location of the file which you wanted to hide.

3: Type attrib +h +s +r filename.ext, and hit enter

4 (Important!): To make these files visible, follow step1 and step 2 then type
attrib -h -s -r filename.ext

for example: e:\> attrib +h +s +r adheep.doc [to hide]
e:\> attrib -h -s -r adheep.doc [ to view]
Jerome Says:
January 12th, 2010 at 12:58 am

Hi Webtalk,

Tried your method. but the reply after puting the file name says “Parameter format not correct”
WebTalk Says:
January 12th, 2010 at 2:23 am

Hello! I confirm that this trick work. To make things easier, put the folder you want to hide in the main root of your hard disk (C:).

After gain access to the CMD and type cd.. a couple of times till you are on the main root (C:). After that follow the instructions above. Basically you will have only to write:

attrib +h +s +r myhiddenfolder