Hiding a File/Directory

manohar vakkala

Hi, How to hide a file/Directory Through C#.Net. Please give me solution.Hiding a folder using Below solutions,The folder is visible when you change the property in view tab (OR) When you search with a criteria in that particular drive or directory.

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Kirtan Patel17y ago
You can maximum Super Hide it so it will be not shown in normal Unhide option by

attribe command

attrib +s +h +r c:\test

you can execute this programatically also
Kirtan Patel17y ago
Hi Friend,

Here is Complete Code for Both Directory And File Hiding :)

private void btnHideDirectory_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                string SelectedDirectory = fbd.SelectedPath;
                File.SetAttributes(SelectedDirectory, FileAttributes.Hidden);
            }
        }

        private void btnHideFile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
            if(ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
           {
               string FiletoHide = ofd.FileName;
               File.SetAttributes(FiletoHide, FileAttributes.Hidden);
           }
        }

Dushan Stankovic17y ago

For the files it is:

 System.IO.File.SetAttributes("c:\\test.txt", FileAttributes.Hidden);

For directory it is:

        DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("c:\\XXX");
        di.Attributes = FileAttributes.Hidden;