HOW TO HIDE FILE WITHOUT SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS

Hiding specific files may be the need of some people. For example secret documents, photos of the past heartbreaking but there is no desire to delete it, or just want to just look neat on your mobile gallery. 

Whatever the purpose of hiding it is fine because it's a file has become our right is not? Moreover the file must be kept secret. 

Hide Files In Windows

First step :

As in the picture above, perhaps some of the readers are familiar with the way it is. Right enough right click the file you want to hide - give a checklist on "hidden" - Click "OK".

The steps:

1. Right-click the file - Properties
2. Click the "Hidden"
3. Click "OK"
4. Then refresh (press F5) to prove it

The file is hidden, but still easily visible only by changing the settings in "Folder Options". Change the settings in "Folder Options" if you want to show hidden files. Make the settings like the picture above and click "OK", then the file in the "Hidden" will appear again.

* Folder Option can be found in control panel or typing column search in start menu "Folder Option", in Windows 10 "File Explorer Options"

The second way:

This way may be a little "cunning", because fooling people to not open the file, certainly not hide the file "physical" but make it can not be opened. The step is very simple, just rename the file extension and finish! The file can not be opened or changed to another extension that makes it look like the file is corrupted because it can not be opened.

The steps are as follows:

1. Make sure Settings as above, this is to show the extension of each file
2. Select the file you want to change the extension or remove
3. Rename the file extension you want to "camouflage" (extension only)
4. Example of the result as below, the original file extension ". Txt" (contains text file). I change to ".mp4" and also try to change without extension. 
   
   The result, if opened, nothing will be displayed (blank) or the program selection options for file execution (if no extension)

The way I write only the basics. Though this second way can dikreasikan so that people who try to "dismantle" suspected files overwhelmed. For example, by compressing files that can also be given a password and change the extension is almost impossible to get caught.

But obviously it will take time because of "double work".

What if you want to hide that folder? Can compress the file and change the extension. As above to ".rar" after compressed then just remove ", rar" or change with other extensions.

Third Way:

The trick is the same, but as if more "hidden". With a little use "command prompt".

The steps:

1. Find out the location of the file you want to hide
   
2. Open a command prompt (can type in the start menu "cmd" or "command prompt")
3. Once open typed like the following picture and adjust the location and the file you want to hide. For example the file is on the desktop then the command is 
   attrib + s + h "C: \ Users \ Aspire \ Desktop \ Secret.txt"
   
   
   
4. Done, to try it please refresh (or press F5)
5. To restore the attributes as originally just type the following command
   attrib -s -h "C: \ Users \ Aspire \ Desktop \ Secret.txt" 

The command to change the file attribute becomes like a file system that has a "super" hidden attribute. 

To show hidden files, the way is almost the same as the first way just add one more that remove the checklist in the box "Hide Protected operating system files (Recommended)", as follows