Hiding Files

[Us3L3ss]

Is there any free app that will hide files, or a way to do it in windows XP?

 

[nweaver]

moveoutandgetyourownpc is probably the best solution. Not free, but the best

 

[Us3L3ss]

haha, I almost searched for it on google

Not 18 yet

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

It begins with a p, ends with an n, and rhymes with torn.

You can also right click a file or folder, click properties, and check the hidden attribute box in the menu. Marginal, but it should work to stop most people.

 

[bactiman]

Hide Folders? XP 2 should do the trick.

 

[Chompman]

Post what you are trying to hide to let us see if it's ... "worthy".

 

[tuteja1986]

I guess your are trying to hide porn !!

 

[klah]

Keep your 'files' on a usb flash drive.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Us3L3ss
haha, I almost searched for it on google

Not 18 yet

Since when do you have to be 18 to move out

I moved out on my own at 17...

 

[Continuity28]

Why not just move the files to an obscure directory and rename them if you are scared.

You can name them like bin.dll, hostfix.dll and rename them when you wish to .... view them, assuming the files are what I think.

 

[drifter106]

Originally posted by: bactiman
Hide Folders? XP 2 should do the trick.

If I didn't know better I'd say that was the voice of experience..

 

[Zugzwang152]

D:\clips\pron.

the last place people will look is a folder you named pron, thinking it a clever decoy.

 

[Mojoed]

All of my "questionable" files/material start with two of these: !! for the file/folder name.

If I ever need to lose the data for a period of time, I run a quick and dirty DOS script to hide and move everything with one click. It's a piece of cake. The only commands you really need to know are: ren, move (or xcopy/del), attrib and the path(s). Of course there is an "undo" batch file as well.

This has served me well and will continue to do so until I get around to setting this up.

 

[necine]

LOL

Man, what I did was just went into some Windows or Program Directory. I made a shitload of folders. A...B...C and then each of the folders had a subfolder, and each of those folders had a subfolder. I'd make it spell something, for kicks. Anyways, all of the folders were hidden as well and no one ever found my stash.

 

[juiio]

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
It begins with a p, ends with an n, and rhymes with torn.

Why would he want to hide popcorn???

 

[mulletgut]

Originally posted by: juiio

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
It begins with a p, ends with an n, and rhymes with torn.

Why would he want to hide popcorn???

Not popcorn dummy:roll: PAWN he's a chess freak!!!

 

[JoPh]

usb drive for the win

 

[BooGiMaN]

just change the directory name from porn to pron....see how simple and clever that is, change the position of two letters and no one will ever know its porn...

 

[Busithoth]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
D:\clips\pron.

the last place people will look is a folder you named pron, thinking it a clever decoy.

better yet, the C:\windows\all users\desktop folder should do nicely.
the startup folder could yield better results.
recent documents could screw you, though.

Back it up on CD, and you can introduce yourself to the world of pron trading with your high school buddies.

 

[AMCRambler]

Stick it in a directory that looks pretty ambiguous, rename the files to gibberish with a strange extension or no extension at all. If they get clicked they won't open. They'd have to drag and drop the file into the player or editor or browse to it from the program to actually open it, not gonna happen. Worked for me. Of course my dad was dumb and always left whatever he was looking at in the my documents list, lol. I lost count the number of times my mom clicked something in there and started screaming for me to delete his crap!

 

[makken]

USB drive for t3h wiNz!!111
or a CF card

 

[40Hands]

back in the days when I had to hide it, I put it in a hidden folder off the c:\windows\system\ called some thing obscure like "cache32". I got caught once via the damn recent files on the start menu....

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: mulletgut

Originally posted by: juiio

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
It begins with a p, ends with an n, and rhymes with torn.

Why would he want to hide popcorn???

Not popcorn dummy:roll: PAWN he's a chess freak!!!

One of your joke meters are broke

 

[yosuke188]

If you just hide it in an obscure place in the C drive, I'm sure your parents won't go looking into your WINDOW folder unless you have geeks for parents.

 

[Us3L3ss]

All good ideas
I've been hiding the files in WINDOWS folders and stuff but I was just wondering if there was a better way.
I set it to hidden on properties, but how do I unhide it?