How to Hide your personal folder in WIN XP and WIN 7 or 8

HIDE YOUR PERSONAL FOLDER

Attributes: 

This is defined by the properties of folder. windows offers the four type of attributes. that is,

• HIDDEN (-h)
• READ ONLY (-r)
• SYSTEM (s)
• ARCHIVE

So i use this option to hide my folders. That means using attrib command we can change the folder properties. ex. We can change the properties of folder like read only, hidden and etc.If u want hide your personal data, follow the below steps, (PLEASE DONE THE BACKUP BEFORE TRYING THIS STEP).

• First create one new folder on your system in “D” drive or any where you want, and rename that folder PERSONAL or anything you want.

• And put your all the data into that folder PERSONAL.

• Now you have a complete backup of your data.

• Now going to run command (CTRL+R) dialogue box, and type CMD. You will show the command prompt window and type the following codes. 

ATTRIB +S +H D:\PERSONAL

And hit enter. Now see your folder it will be hidden. (REMEMBER DON’T FORGET FOLDER NAME).

UNHIDDEN your folder: 

   

            Open command prompt (see above steps) and type.

ATTRIB –S –H D:\PERSONAL

And hit enter.

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