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HOW TO HIDE ANY FILE, FOLDER IN WINDOWS 10 , 8 OR WINDOWS 7...

HOW TO HIDE ANY FOLDER ,FILE, SOFTWARE IN WINDOWS 10 , 8 OR WINDOWS 7 ...

IF YOUR PC HAS MANY USERS AND YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL FILES , FOLDER FROM ANY USERS YOU CAN PROTECT THEM BY HIDING YOUR FILES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO SOME STEPS ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THEM VISIBLE WHENEVER YOU WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN ...

SO LET'S START....

JUST DO THESE SIMPLE STEPS :-

STEP [1]  :-
            FIRST OF ALL GO TO MY COMPUTER IN WINDOWS 8 OR 7 AND 'THIS PC ' IN WINDOWS 10 THEN OPEN YOUR LOCAL DISK AND SELECT YOUR FILE /FOLDER WHICH YOU WANT TO HIDE THEN RIGHT CLICK ON THAT PARTICULAR FILE / FOLDER THEN CLICK ON THE 'PROPERTIES' WHICH WILL BE IN BOTTOM OF ALL THE OPTION WHICH CAME AFTER RIGHT CLICKING ON THE FILE /FOLDER.


STEP [2] :- 
            AFTER THAT A DIALOG BOX WILL OPEN THEN IN THE GENERAL OPTION YOU WILL ATTRIBUTES IN THE BOTTOM OF DIALOG BOX NEAR THE ATTRIBUTES OPTION YOU WILL FIND HIDDEN OPTION WITH A BOX JUST SELECT THE BOX AND CLICK ON OK. AND IF YOU WANT TO SHOW  THE FILE YOU CAN AGAIN CLICK THE BOX  .AS SEEN IN PICTURE DOWN.





NOW YOUR FILE IS HIDDEN BUT IT STILL BE VISIBLE BUT NOT CLEARLY. AS SEEN IN PICTURE BELOW.





STEP [3] :- 
            NOW GO TO 'CONTROL PANEL' AND THEN CLICK ON 'APPEARANCE AND PERSONALIZATION'  AS SEEN IN PICTURE DOWN.

STEP [4] :-
            NOW JUST DOWN THE FILE EXPLORER OPTION YOU WILL SEE 'SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS ' CLICK ON THAT .
AS SEEN IN PICTURE DOWN.

 THEN A DIALOG BOX WILL OPEN. NOW JUST FIND ' DON'T SHOW HIDDEN FILES, FOLDERS AND DRIVES ' AND SELECT THE BOX NEAR IT AND CLICK OK. AS SEEN IN PICTURE BELOW.


 -: [NOTE]  :-
               YOU CAN SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS JUST YOU HAVE TO SELECT 'SHOW HIDDEN FILES ,FOLDERS AND DRIVES' IN STEP 4.

 [ REMEMBER
             - THE PERSON WHO KNOWS THIS FEATURE CAN VIEW YOUR HIDDEN FILES.
             - IT IS ONLY FOR GENERAL PURPOSE PLEASE DO NOT HIDE YOUR MAIN PRIVACY FILES BECAUSE SOME OTHER PERSON CAN ACCESS THE FILES AS THEY ARE NOT PASSWORD PROTECTED.