how to hide files and folders

How to hide files and folders

• No matter it is a file or folder, just right click it, and choose "Properties", and active "hide" option in popup. And your file or folder will be hidden. If you want to hide files only, we recommend you to move all files in to a folder and hide the whole folder instead.
• To make it appear again, go to "Control Panel", choose "Folder settings" in "Small Icons" mode. Click "Browse" tablet, and choose "Display hidden files...". However, if you don't want to make it normal again, you can do search in "My Computer", and the file will be displayed there as well.
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Why it is not secure to hid files and folders

• If there is someone who know something about computer, there exists possibility that he get your hidden files and folders by search, or by the folder settings. Then everything in these folders are naked to him, he can read and browse everything in these folders. That is why hide files and folders is not secure to keep your secrets.

What is more secure than hiding files and folders?

• There is a much more secure way than hiding files and folders : encrypt your files and folders with password. idoo File Encryption supports to encrypt your files and folders, and add password onto these files and folder. No one can open them even if see them there.
• Why not try this to protect your secrets now?