How to make a folder completely hidden/secret

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Brogan

Hi, I'm running XP Pro on a FAT32 partition.

Is there any way to make a folder completely hidden so
it's not even visible when the "Show hidden files and
folders" option is checked?

I'm sure it must be as Windows is full of secret folders
which can only be found be typing the full address in the
address bar of Explorer.

Anyone know how to do this without a 3rd party
application?

Thanks.
 
Think I may have answered my own question by using attrib
<folder> +h +s.
Of course it's still visible if system files are shown
but it's better than the standard 'hidden' option.
 
another uber way to hide your files is to create
partitions and mount them as a folder. unmount them when
you no longer need them. The user will have to have access
to the disk manager to access these partitions, or remove
the disk and put into another machine. Even with access
to the disk manager, who's gonna look? You can apply
permissions and attributes inside on the files as before.

Also, consider simply zipping the folder and using a 3rd
party (or write your own) file encryption. Be sure to
delete temp files from extraction, but you can basically
operate inside the zip file, and encrypt when done.
Note that zip file passwords are not very hard to work
around because they use a standard method to work with all
zip programs, many cracks avail...
 
Thanks for the suggestions.

I'll look into the partition/mounting option.

I know I can use password protected zipping but I
actually want to completely hide the files from view -
not just the contents.

Not that I'm paranoid or anything...
 
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