Hiding a File/Directory

Question

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

Kirtan Patel · Answer

You can maximum Super Hide it so it will be not shown in normal Unhide option by attribe command attrib +s +h +r c:	est you can execute this programatically also

Kirtan Patel · Answer

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 Stankovic · Answer

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;