Hiding Any Folder Permanently....

At times, there are many folders which we want to hide from others whether they are our own family members or our friends.

There are many different ways to HIDE such folders available on Net but in this turorial I am sharing two simple tricks with you all to do the needful.


 IMP NOTE: In both these tricks the folders should have their Folder Names in SINGLE WORD only ( Eg.-- Pics).

 These tricks won't work on folders which have Folder-Names with a Space in between them( Eg.- My Pics)

 TRICK-I:   Using CACLS Command

Only for NTFS Drives

1)- Click on START & choose the option RUN.

2)- The RUN Dialog Box opens Up.

3)- Type cmd to open the Command Prompt window.

4)- Now simply  Type cd\ to change the default prompt and press ENTER.
You  now simply see C:\> as the prompt indicating you can perform operations on this drive.

5)- Now here type the following command:

Cacls /e /p everyone:n
The above command is to deny any type of access to that folder.


6)- Again press Enter and you will get the following message:

Processed Dir: C:\ 

   After this try opening or deleting that particular folder, you won't be able to do so.

NOTE-- To Retrieve this folder back simply follow Steps- 1-4 as it is.
After Getting C:\> prompt, type the following command:

 Cacls /e /p everyone:f

  Your folder will be accessible again just like before.
Enjoy.:) 

  TRICK-II-- ** Using ATTRIB Command

1)- Click on START >> RUN.

2)- The RUN Dialog Box opens Up.

3)- Type cmd to open the Command Prompt window.

4)-  Now if you wish To hide some folder in C:\ drive itself then
type the following command:

Attrib +h +s (Name of Folder) 

This above command is to HIDE The folder

 6)-- After typing hit ENTER and type EXIT.
 
The folder is simply hidden now
 

NOTE:
A)-- To Retrieve the Folder back simply follow Steps 1-4 as they are written.
After this just type the following command:

Attrib -h -s (Name of Folder)

This command is to UNHIDE the folder back


B)-- In case you wish to hide any folder in some other drive then after Step-4, type The  required Drive's Letter  and then follow the command written in Step-5 as it is.


Example:- To HIDE folder in E: drive, after following Steps 1-4 first I will simply  write E: and will press Enter.
 The prompt will change to E:\> n  in place of C:\>.

Once I start seeing E:\> prompt, it indicates I can HIDE/UNHIDE any folder in the same drive. 

P.S.-> This process has to repeated individually for every drive.