Comments on: How to Lock/Hide Your Folder in Windows XP without Using Any Software?

By: firoz

firoz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:24:59 +0000

hey steve i have windows xp …but it didnt work on my laptop , i followed your points religiously but to no luck…any suggestion guys…thanx

By: Sujan

Sujan — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:22:30 +0000

nice one dude! it’s fun to hide pvt files without making folder invisible from hide option.

By: Sneha

Sneha — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:36:38 +0000

Thanks for a effective trick by which we are able to create invisible folder without using any S/W.

By: sensiguard

sensiguard — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:21:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing information with us nice trips and nice tricks

By: Sham

Sham — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:07:09 +0000

Its a good old nice trick!

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By: neax

neax — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:28:04 +0000

this only flags a file/folder’s ACL as being a system file. By default, explorer doesn’t display system files – however this is an option that can be unchecked, right below ‘show hidden files/folders’. An alternative method is to create an additional account, and use NTFS permissions to allow/deny access to whatever it is you don’t want others to see.

Oh, and don’t share the password for the new account.

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:29:13 +0000

dicky > this trick works even if the user enable “Show hidden files and folders” option. It doesn’t works only if the “Hide protected operating system files” option is unchecked. I already compile 5 of such software in case you didn’t notice. There is a link to the post at the bottom.

By: dicky

dicky — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:51:43 +0000

Hey, this trick works only if users didn’t select “Show hidden files and folders”. I am still searching for software that can hide any files or folders and lock them with password. I will publish it on my blog once i found.

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By: shankar satpathy

shankar satpathy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:02:08 +0000

thanks body ireally apprecitae ur stuufs plz tell some other cmd in cmd

By: Ian Quigley

Ian Quigley — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:39:43 +0000

Don’t rely on this!

Once your folder is hidden, go to Windows File Explorer (My Computer) and sellect Tools -> Folder Options -> View (tab). Under “Hidden files and folders” select “Show hidden files and folders”. Also un-select “Hide protected operating system files.” — Then take another look at your “”hidden”" folder.

By: JAMMER066

JAMMER066 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:53:17 +0000

this works great as long as you don’t have “hide protected operating system files” un-checked in folder options – view

By: Vista

Vista — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:02:47 +0000

cool trick…. but doesnt work on Vista!

By: mrsleep

mrsleep — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:33:44 +0000

Amazing how dos commands that have been there for nearly 30 years are somehow amazing, incredible and worthy of making a blog post for.

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:43:35 +0000

Kok Hwa > Great to see you here, bro.

Sean > I guess no many ppl will uncheck the option and they may not aware of that option as well.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:45:08 +0000

If you have “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” unchecked in folder options, then the floder becomes dim, not invisible

By: Kok Hwa

Kok Hwa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:30:17 +0000

Vy useful bro…. will try it out… hehe…

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:16:02 +0000

Kitkat > ya, definitely good. You have a lot ar? Share it la!

curryegg > hi, curryegg. Nice to see you here.

By: curryegg

curryegg — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:49:55 +0000

hello there…
Saw your link from vickie..
You’ve a nice blog about web.. keep it up..