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how to hide a folder in windows XP professional
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how to hide a folder in windows XP professional
Right click on folder->Select Properties->Tick the Hidden Attribute.
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Remember Security through Obscurity is not the way to go!
- MilitantEidolon
I usually go to properties then click the Customize tab, the click the Change icon button and select the blank icon (13th column, seconds row) and click Apply and OK , aftet that right click the folder and click rename, hold down the ALT key and type in 255 (in the numeric keybad), now you have an invisible folder, don't forget where you left it though.....
While I respect the intent, I 100% do not agree with this statement standing by itself withQuote:
Originally posted here by MilitantEidolon
Remember Security through Obscurity is not the way to go!
- MilitantEidolon
no caveat or qualification. In a layered security model "obscurity" most certainly can
play an important roll.
Without supporting information placing your logic into context, this is nothing more than
cliche.
Well u mean renaming the folder with ASCII will make it safe, there is very simply way to unlock the folder which is rename in this way.Quote:
Originally posted here by ©opy®ight
I hold down the ALT key and type in 255 (in the numeric keybad), now you have an invisible folder, don't forget where you left it though.....
Goto command prompt, browse to the folder left click on the command prompt menu and u will see an option of edit then click mark.
Now u will see that u can highlight any thing from the whole screen, simply highlight that ascii mark which is appearing with the folder name enter this will copy that ascii character and then type the rename command n from the same menu paste the character now u can change it without knowing the number or code.
I found this trick very helpful cause i saw lots of such folders in my university lab.......
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You might try a utility such as Scramdisk. This creates a hidden, password protected, virtual drive on your machine.
Just put your folders in that drive.
;)
It won't make it safe but it will make it invisible, and if somebody knows where the folder is he can simply go to right click-> rename and type in whatever namwe they want to, they don't need cmd to do it.Quote:
Well u mean renaming the folder with ASCII will make it safe, there is very simply way to unlock the folder which is rename in this way.
My laptop has a smart card reader, I have found that using the software along with that has helped quite a bit. It makes the file availabel only if you insert the correct card. Now where did I leave that smart card.....
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Why not encrypt rather than hide? Use PGP or something similar--much more secure...by itself anyway.
Why not just deny access? Use thumbdrives, zip with password, encrypt?
It just all depends on who's trying to gain access to the file.
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Originally posted here by ©opy®ight
It won't make it safe but it will make it invisible, and if somebody knows where the folder is he can simply go to right click-> rename and type in whatever namwe they want to, they don't need cmd to do it.
If you change your file explorer settings to show all items, and to show all items in the "details" view it will just show up as a Folder Item that doesn't have a name. So it's not really invisible either. I wouldn't even consider it invisible in any of the other views as the detail bar at the bottom tells you the number of items in the folder. You can then just drag-select the entire window to find the missing "hidden" folder. Like somebody else said, it depends on who you are trying to hide the file from as to how effective some of the recommendations here have been.
I know this may seem a little bit overboard considering that this is an answer to a newbie question but it's possible to hide folders and have them not be seen even when the "show hidden folders" option is enabled. The process involves installing a windows rootkit that hooks the API that handles the functions involved in displaying windows explorer elements and have it hide folders that begin with a certain string such as "_hidden" so when everthing is in place you could have a folder named "_hidden_folder" and it will not show up in normal MS applications that use the api that you are hooking. but you have to remember where you put the folder. You'd still be able to access it even though it appears nonexistent to windows.
Why install a rootkit, even? I read a tutorial recently posted about Alternative Data Streams. Built-in to the OS already.
Link to Irongeek's tutorial