Hide Files and Folders Through Command Prompt
Written by S.Pradeep Kumar in Hacks, Tips and tricks - Print This Post
You can now easily hide your files or folders through Command Prompt. It will be impossible for others to find the file or folder unless they know the filename or folder name. You can secure your documents easily by this method. Make sure you remember the file or folder name!
How To Hide Files And Folders?
We are now going to hide a folder using Command Prompt from Windows.
Also Check : Steganography — The Art Of Hiding Using DOS Commands.
Suppose if you want to hide a folder named Pradeep in your E drive.
Then open the Command Prompt. [ Goto Run and type cmd ]
Type, attrib +s +h E:\Pradeep
Where ,
E:\ : Drive name
Pradeep : Folder name
And If you want to make that folder appear, type,
attrib -s -h E:\Pradeep
Note : Use this only for educational and security purposes.
Check my video tutorial for more accurate usage…
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The blog is great! I hope to continue posting these tips!!
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Wow , interesting i will use it at the school …. haha :d
what about a file with spaces in the name???
Won’t be a big issue, if you encounter any, use hyphen (-) instead of spaces.
dude this technique for hiding a folder using command prompt are interesting but can u tell me this hide folder are appear in "folder and search option" how can we hide the foder using commnd prompt bt that cant apper in folder option