How to hide folder without programs
Here some tricky and amazing tips on how to hide folder in windows xp explorer without any program, just use notepad.
1- make a new folder ( name it as you like )
2- inside this folder make a ( TXT ) file & copy inside it this:
Code:
cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Private
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Private goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure you want to lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Private "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%== password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Private
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Private
echo Private created successfully
goto End
:End
3- after u copy the Commanding go to line ( 23 ) u will find this word : password here (Change it with ) any password u like.
4- After that make ‘save as’ & name as (locker.bat )
5- Now back to the folder & u will find a ( LOCKER ) commanding.
6- Click on it & u will find a new folder (Private )
7- Ok ,, now copy what u want in it & after that go to ( locker ) by click on it , it will open and ask you want lock your folder? Y/N ?
8- Type Y
9- If you want UNLOCK your folder ,go to (locker) & type your pass and you will see your private folder.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Now find a way to hide the password in the batch file and the file itself.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:05 am
if you right click and edit the file ( the .bat) you can see the password, although a good trick to hide stuff from those who are not technologicaly advanced.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
very useful tips thank you …
July 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Okay, this is a waste of time.
First of all, you can open the batch file and see the password.
Second, I can just rename Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} back to anything and it appears as a folder again.
And finally, the script renames the file back to a folder regardless of what I enter as a password.
I love hacking security systems and access rights - and this would of taken me less than a second, I may of even not noticed this was meant to be private due to the ease in which I overcome it.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
This is all well and good but should not be used to protect anythign worth protecting, as anyone can open the .bat in notepad and change the password to anything they want. then they can unlock all the folders you hid.
I prefer this .bat
@echo off
echo do you want to delete C:\\Windows ? (Y/N)
pause >nul
echo Are you sure ? (Y/N)
pause >nul
dir /s
dir/s
echo All files deleted.
pause
msg * WINDOWS has encountered an error and needs to close
It’s fon to due.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I’m back with a more interesting way of hiding stuff.
Alternate Data Streams!
Go to start, then Run and type : cmd
Press enter
Now in the command window lets make a new folder, type:
c: (press return)
cd\ (press return)
md atemp (press return)
notepad c:\atemp:hidden.txt (press return)
Now notepad opens and says Create New File, choose yes
Now type a message and save it, close notepad.
Try and find that text file on your PC, you won’t be able to! You can see the folder, but not file.
How do we retrieve it?
Go to the command window again, and type :
notepad c:\atemp:hidden.txt