Comments on: Change File Attributes, create super hidden private files & folders using attrib.exe

By: Bruce Kjeldsen of Rhododendron

Bruce Kjeldsen of Rhododendron — Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:52:00 +0000

I recently installed Windows 10. It’s been a disaster. All the files were marked read-only. I tried changing the attributes using your suggestion. Doesn’t work. I tried it in command prompt. No luck. I will have to return the laptop and go back to paper & pencil.

By: manu

manu — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:24:00 +0000

How to hide photos and videos using cmd. I used folder method which uses attrib command to hide folders, It worked fine for hiding the folder but when I typed file extensions such as (.jpg) in the search box all the files were shown. how to hide them using cmd. Help me …….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000

For those with formatting or file not found issues, right click your folder and MAKE SURE ITS UNHIDDEN AND NOT CHECKED AS READ ONLY. I had to do it five times before i figured out the problem.

Format should be as follows (for super hidden):
attrib +s +h “C:UsersUsernameDesktopFoldername”

By: Mashuk

Mashuk — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:18:00 +0000

cmd says “file not found”
but the file name doesn’t contain any space and i type the location correctly…… :(

By: heistmeister

heistmeister — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:10:00 +0000

if it shows parameter format not correct, the file maybe contains of spaces
For example : I want to make folder “WordPress coba” to be super hidden.
So in cmd, I must type the directory enclosed by quotes.

attrib +s +h “D:Wordpress coba”

If the folder or file name doesn’t consist of spaces, you can type the directory file/folder without quotes

attrib +s +h D:Games

It should work now :D