How To Hide And Secure Any Folder

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This isn’t like hiding folders in usual way by make it hidden, any one can simply show hidden files and folder in folder setting.

Although this isn’t very secure trick to hide folders but still you can use it

  • choose the files you want to hide or create new one
  • now open comman promote window (start/run and type cmd)
  • now write this command “attrib +s +h D:\hiddenfolder” without quote
  • make sure to replace “D:\hiddenfolder” with your files name and it’s location on your hard drive

Now check for this folder and it’s hidden, to unhide this folder type this command “attrib -s -h D:\hiddenfolder”

How does this work?

Actually if you don’t know this already there are hidden system files folders even if you show hidden files and folders in folders option, but there are other hidden system folders by default it’s hidden but you can show it.

In folder options uncheck the mark “hide protected system files (recommend)” this will show all hidden files include the one you have hidden by changing the folder attributes. attributes attributes at attributes tributes

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