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Re: How to hide a file ? (From most people)
From: "Patrick Chambet" <patrick.chambet () edelweb fr>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:09:16 +0100
Another way to hide files in Windows Explorer (not from clever people) is to use some particular CLSIDs and to append them to the name of a directory or even to the names of the files themselves. A useful CLSID is the Control Panel one: {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}. Example 1: - Create a text file C:\test.txt - Rename it: C:\Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Its icon changes and looks like the real Control Panel. If you double-click on it, the Control Panel opens. But you can easily edit it with Notepad, provinding its full path. Example 2: to hide several files in one operation - Create a directory C:\testdir - Create some files in this directory - Rename the directory: C:\Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Once again, its icon changes and looks like the real Control Panel. If you double-click on it, the Control Panel opens. The files inside the directory are invisible. To edit them, you can either rename the directory back to C:\testdir (but Windows Explorer can't do it) or access the files directly by their full path. Note that a search to find the files fails ! Of course, you can try better CLSIDs, but this is another story... ;-) ___________________________________________ Patrick Chambet - MCP IT Security Consulting EdelWeb - ON-X Consulting Group http://www.edelweb.fr - http://www.on-x.com
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