Multiple Ways To Hide Files In Windows

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • Today I'm going to show you several ways to hide files and folders in Windows. Many people have files and folders that they want to hide. Today I will show you how to do it.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 83

  • @justsurfin5013
    @justsurfin5013 Рік тому +4

    This is cool advice. Tried this but did notice if going into file explorer 'Details view' while you won't see a folder in the 2nd instruction (hide folder with blank icon) someone looking at the folder structure will definitely see something is there because other metadata such as size, last modified, etc. still populates. And if sorted alphabetically there will be a blank item showing above the 'A' titled items. For securing folders it's much better to password protect them or simply encrypt them. Neat tricks though

  • @zx5019
    @zx5019 Рік тому +4

    You keep my love for windows burning!!🔥

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +1

      Glad it helped.

    • @zx5019
      @zx5019 Рік тому +2

      @@CyberCPU well, it has always. I saved much watching ur videos, to repair my laptop. Nose diving to registry editor, to using cmd to perform disk errors. I learnt all watching ur videos. I am no way related to computers professionally, but seriously i may add this to my resume 😉 .
      Just one help... It seems my laptop doesn't have recovery partition. I tried creating one but it failed. I run win 10,22h2 . The reason I tried formatting is becoz my laptop (Dell 5558) has 100 percent disk usage problem. Now i did follow some of your videos to sanitize the issue but unfortunately it didn't work out. I ran scan disk cmd , but it got stuck too 😭. So i had no way to but to take help of easybcd and created a recovery. Although I got freshly installed windows now (all files gone) ,it is noticeably fast but the disk hits 100 yet again ni

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +2

      @@zx5019 100% disk usage can be solved with an SSD.

  • @mattgoodwin-king2228
    @mattgoodwin-king2228 Рік тому +9

    That's a 'greater than' synbol at 10:28 :)

  • @kenrock2
    @kenrock2 Рік тому +1

    thanks, i no longer need to create thousand sub folders to hide my naughty files... lolz

  • @H3LLGHA5T
    @H3LLGHA5T Рік тому +4

    Some of those are neat, but I couldn't get rid of the black square problem with your fix. Also, could you make a video about password protecting specific folders?

    • @trafalgarla
      @trafalgarla Рік тому +1

      To password protect folders and the files inside you can use 7z to archive with encryption. You can then add new files to the encrypted folder by using the add to archive function of 7z.

  • @ericstockley
    @ericstockley Рік тому +1

    The folder that was made invisible still shows up in explorer. I really like the alternate data stream stuff though. Adding a .nomedia file to a folder on android hides media files from most apps except for file explorers and shell command. The .nomedia file is hidden without showing hidden files. :-) Great Video!!!

  • @Lukiel666
    @Lukiel666 Рік тому +1

    I have two Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 128GB flash drives. They are really small. I put a split ring and ear ring hook on them from jewelry making craft supplies. I now have 256GB of flash hidden in plain site that I can take with me where ever I go and never misplace. Cyberpunk ear rings.

  • @gcnicholson
    @gcnicholson 9 годин тому

    Quotes, parenthesis, greater than, less than.... what's the difference? All cool stuff.

  • @alanlaird
    @alanlaird Рік тому +4

    The symbol > is actually GREATER THAN

    • @alanlaird
      @alanlaird Рік тому +2

      Or SEND TO in a command prompt

  • @roberthunter6927
    @roberthunter6927 Рік тому +1

    Move important files off to a thumb drive? And password protect, etc.. People can't get to your data if it is not plugged into the computer and the PC is offline. [Not connected to the internet].

  • @Rick__B__
    @Rick__B__ Рік тому +4

    Two things: First, Does this method work with folders/files that have been formatted in exFAT? The main reason that I use exFAT format is that I have a Mac desktop and a Windows desktop and I often move folders/files back and forth. (Rich, if you want the longer version, email me privately) Second, through out the video you kept on referring to this symbol '>' as 'lesser than'. That is incorrect. This symbol '>' is the 'greater than' symbol, whereas this symbol '

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +1

      Exfat does support file attributes so the first method should work fine. The second method is only going to work on the system you're using it on and the third method requires NTFS. Exfat doesn't support alternate data streams.

    • @trafalgarla
      @trafalgarla Рік тому +1

      If it fits your use case, you can password protect folders and the files inside by archiving it with encryption using 7z. And then you can add more files to the folder by using add to archive.

    • @Rick__B__
      @Rick__B__ Рік тому

      @@trafalgarla Thats OK on a Windows based system, 7z is not available for Mac systems. 😒

  • @raylopez99
    @raylopez99 Рік тому

    Security through obscurity...good stuff. As for those of you that think Microsoft's EFS will protect you...well it probably will, from anybody except a state actor. And that's only if you keep your password safe.

  • @deletewindoze
    @deletewindoze 10 місяців тому

    I typically use Linux, but this was very interesting. I use to use the null character to lock my kids out of one directory on the computer I setup for them. In that directory I put notes on how I setup that computer. That way I could put a history of what I did on that computer, and not worry about them by accident or otherwise deleting info I wanted saved about their computer. You can't do that anymore, because Microsoft took that away.
    PS I also hid data inside a directory. A directory is really a file with a list of the files in it, so putting data at the end of the directory file worked. This could be done with Norton tools at the time. I also had software that would write to disc in the area not seen by the computer. So it was capable to hid large files, and even directories on a DVD or CD without it showing up in the file manager. I think this could still be down with the right software to read and write to the disk. Both methods didn't change the normal operation of the directories or DVDs and CDs.

  • @keithbrown7685
    @keithbrown7685 Рік тому

    How about using F5 in tip #1. Would a refresh fix the black square? Or just a restart?

  • @nevrynkinori3627
    @nevrynkinori3627 Рік тому

    Just what I want to do on my android phones. I got some lovely flower arrangement pictures.
    I wonder if you can hide folders by removing the parent folder path? I accidentally made one folder inaccessible once.

  • @deadlymarsupial1236
    @deadlymarsupial1236 Рік тому +1

    Password protected encrypted virtual drive with ntfs security permissions and use hidemydrives to hide the drive label it is mounted to.

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 Рік тому +3

      That is... so geekily sick and depraved..... I like it.

  • @adityasinghi
    @adityasinghi Рік тому +2

    One more tip rename the file extension to ".dll" and then hide it, probably no one would want to open up system files, right?

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +2

      Yeah, that would possibly work. However, I don't know if I would hide it. Would kind of make it suspicious. Just changing it to DLL would probably be better.

    • @adityasinghi
      @adityasinghi Рік тому +1

      @@CyberCPUnot me hiding other files inside a text file renamed with .dll extention

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +1

      @@adityasinghi if you want you can use alternate data streams to hide files in a real DLL. It doesn't just have to be renamed DLL.

    • @adityasinghi
      @adityasinghi Рік тому +1

      @@CyberCPU well that's new I will definitely try it

    • @deletewindoze
      @deletewindoze 10 місяців тому

      When I come across a suspicious file like this, which you are talking about, I open it in notepad to take a look at the contents. From there you can tell what it was, if somebody changed the file extension. Using notepad is a safe way to look inside the file without suffering from doing something else to the file. Something to keep in mind.

  • @Empire24453
    @Empire24453 Рік тому +2

    Good tips however those that are good at tech can easy able to find all of those options Xd - Can't go wrong by having a lock with passwords on the files

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому

      I did mention that in the video.

  • @craigwelch3721
    @craigwelch3721 Рік тому

    awesome !

  • @bc100dev
    @bc100dev Рік тому

    There is also the command that you can "somehow" hide data, which is [copy /b image.png+secrets.txt image_out.png].
    Edit: although I might be wrong with either the command itself or in general.

  • @ningayeti
    @ningayeti Рік тому

    In the days of FAT and conventional hard drives I would size partitions so that I had several megabytes of "unallocated" space beyween partitions. I would then use a forensics software program to write raw data to the drive that was not controlled or accessible to DOS or Windows and was safe from formatting. The only thing that could corrupt the data was resizing or adding partitions via fdisk

    • @cheegozie
      @cheegozie Місяць тому

      That's super nice can you walk me through the steps

    • @ningayeti
      @ningayeti Місяць тому

      @@cheegozie I did that in the Windows 3.1 days. I don't know if it can still be done on todays SSD drives and modern partitioning modes. I don't even remember the names of the software that I used.

  • @stephencrocker587
    @stephencrocker587 Рік тому

    Loved the video. A slight glitch, tho'. In the " very secret message " dialog you said parenthses ( ) instead of quote mark " ". Great information tho'.

  • @minitrucker007
    @minitrucker007 Рік тому

    Changing the property to hidden in 95/98/20 was the way people hid their stash. A simple command run from the root would find them. Systems back then didn't have as many hidden files as they do today but you could go to cmd/root and then enter dir *.jpg /s /ah with would search the whole drive for any .jpg file with an attribute of hidden. You could run the same command with .bmp, .flv, .mov, .mpeg .mp4. the list goes on and on. Found all my buddy dad’s staches that way.

  • @DeadMouseis
    @DeadMouseis Рік тому +2

    Nice Vid...
    on uh side note is there a reason i keep getting Unsubed?

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +1

      I have no idea. Sorry that's happening.

  • @neatcool4770
    @neatcool4770 11 місяців тому

    I 1st experimented with these in 2010, I also started changing the file format to something like .Q so you could not normally interact with the file unless you knew the original format to change it back to, which was usually .rar with a password. I've even split up something into multiple rar files with passwords and scatter those on the system and renamed their format, I always use abbreviated code for a file name or some bs program name that is fake, just make it super difficult for snoopers.

  • @alexanderfalcan8372
    @alexanderfalcan8372 Рік тому

    What Was The Name Of The Program That You Can Use Instead Of Phone Link

  • @ahmadmurtazaasadi1295
    @ahmadmurtazaasadi1295 6 місяців тому

    at 7:50 you got an Angel number on bottom-Right corner of your Desktop

  • @tomaszmilos
    @tomaszmilos Рік тому

    What hepend with the data stream ininformation o jpg file if I tray to compres that jpg to zip pr rar file? - aking abaout it for take backup of that date or mowe to difrent ntfs system

  • @Enjurin
    @Enjurin Рік тому +1

    Can you make a video "How to backup Windows & Office License?"

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому +1

      Possibly. I'll look into it.

    • @Enjurin
      @Enjurin Рік тому

      @@CyberCPU Thanks!

  • @Solo413
    @Solo413 Рік тому

    "The lesser than symbol" is . You said it incorrectly multiple times in this video.
    You're typing the greater than symbol, bro. Greater Than >, Lesser Than

  • @AzKat69
    @AzKat69 Рік тому

    The symbols > and < aren't "greater than" or "lesser than", they indicate which part of the symbol is "greater than, or lesser than".
    For example:
    1 < 2 means 1 is less than 2
    2 > 1 means again that 1 is less than 2, but you read it as 2 is greater than 1 (unless you read it from right to left), however, they both mean the same.
    The "wide" part of the triangle is meant to indicate "the greater" part, and the tip of the triangle is meant to indicate "the lesser" part.
    Just noticed this and felt like it needed explanation on how the comparison symbols are actually meant to be read.

  • @ForesterSOF
    @ForesterSOF Рік тому +1

    that is noce but I use an external to save stuff I want to keep to myself and wife.

  • @SS-Bjoern
    @SS-Bjoern Рік тому +1

    bigger than symbol every time 🙂

  • @rbh3482
    @rbh3482 Рік тому +2

    I have no "open in terminal"

    • @CyberCPU
      @CyberCPU  Рік тому

      Do you have terminal installed?

    • @rbh3482
      @rbh3482 Рік тому +1

      @@CyberCPU I had to redownload it from the store. It's working now. Thanks!

  • @DavidNationSr
    @DavidNationSr Рік тому

    i put minr on usb or ext hard drive

  • @CaptainKaz
    @CaptainKaz 10 місяців тому +1

    Alt 255 doesn't work on my laptop

  • @mazz85-
    @mazz85- Рік тому

    I just slap my "LETS CALL THEM SENSITIVE FILES" into my external drive.

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 Рік тому +1

      yeah... sensitive.... instead of "Blonde Barnyard Suzie" or "Spanked by a Blonde"........ wait...... those are *my files!!!! : LOL

    • @mazz85-
      @mazz85- Рік тому +1

      @@keithbrown7685 I also renamed my "sensitive" files to just numbers, like a convics.

  • @Finbar_Monroe
    @Finbar_Monroe 3 місяці тому

    video starts at 2:30
    Your Welcome! 

  • @MsHeather969
    @MsHeather969 Рік тому

    Do another video with the windows 11 potato

  • @cpuuk
    @cpuuk Рік тому

    Cool

  • @hsenbeh9572
    @hsenbeh9572 Рік тому

    I have a way to make a privet folder that you need a password to open up but I can't write it her

  • @blackgod5960
    @blackgod5960 2 місяці тому

    I tried hiding a folder and it keeps telling me access denied

  • @douglask9147
    @douglask9147 Рік тому

    Can you do Windows10Pro????

  • @mos8541
    @mos8541 Рік тому +1

    it dont really matter if anyone takes a peek.. unless they fbi.. or that postal inspector, .. and def. NOT the atf.. dea is ok im a straight edger...shit .. that damn postal inspector.. SFMF

  • @dhansel4835
    @dhansel4835 Рік тому

    Find an old Windows 7 Pro, take a picture of the Key and you are ready to upgrade !

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 Рік тому

      That is dirty and evil and wrong and dishonest......and....... I'm filing it away for possible future use.

  • @neb_setabed
    @neb_setabed Рік тому

    GREATER THAN lol but good video

  • @keithbrown7685
    @keithbrown7685 Рік тому

    I wiped my comment, because my idea had already been covered.

  • @DavidNationSr
    @DavidNationSr Рік тому

    if u want iso of new canary build let me know

  • @britishagent
    @britishagent Рік тому +2

    Alt +255 don't work in Win 11

  • @daveprice9128
    @daveprice9128 Рік тому

    Black screen

  • @webadage
    @webadage Рік тому

    You keep saying less than symbol..... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! In case you have a problem remembering which is lesser than and which is greater than....
    IF IT POINTS LEFT IT'S LESS THAN
    IF IT POINTS RIGHT IT'S GREATER THAN
    You're welcome!