Hide file or folder without a software

Hello friends I’m giving you some tricks about your windows.

How to make use of your computer in best way..

So all the best

If you want to hide a folder in windows XP without any software.

Follow the steps below.

It is an example in ‘c’ drive you can make in other drive also

1. Make a Folder in C drive rename it as "a" without quotes.

2. Now open Command Prompt from run in Start Menu.

3. Type "attrib +s +h C:\a" without quotes and press enter.

4. This command will make your folder invisible and it can not be seen even in hidden files and folders

5. To make it visible again type "attrib -s -h C:\a"

6. You can lock any other folder also by changing the location C:\a to address of your folder.

but you have to write name without space or simple word that u can remember easily like i put name "a" u can take other name also like "Ravi" or any other but dont use space in writing name.



If you want to hide any thing in any drive you have to make one folder in that drive only and after that as shown above folder hide in c drive you can do it in other drive also.

HIDE FILES/FOLDER IN A SUCURE MANNER WIHOUT ANY SOFTWARE

HIDING STEPS -

1. Right click on the file/folder that u want to hide then Send to ->New
Compressed (zipped) Folder
2.Change the file extention from *.zip to anything or nothing (like xzy.zip to xyz/xyz.dll/xyz.pdf/xyz.doc/etc)

TIP: Change to *.dll for safest hiding.(backup)

Note: IF UR SYSTEM IS NOT SHOWING FILE EXTENTION THEN OPEN MY COMPUTER GO TO ->TOOLS ->FOLDER OPTIONS->VIEW->uncheck HIDE EXTENTIONS OF KNOWN FILE TYPES

4.Change the file name if u want to but make shure u remember it else it wont be easy to search it out when unhiding .
5. Now paste the file in \WINDOWS\system32 folder (very important step).
jobs done!
u have hided file/folder without any external software .

UNHIDING STEPS :

1. Search for ur file in \WINDOWS\system32 .
2. change the file extention to *. zip ( like if ur file is xyz.dll after hiding then change to xyz.zip ).
3. Extract to wherever u want.