Re: programming hidden folders/files

From: barrett bonden (arthurheyman_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:06:16 -0500

Gene -
   thanks for the reply - I have done all these things , of course, and am
still "shown" hidden
folders by anti-spyware apps ; as for the 3rd party "hide" apps, that's my
point ; there clearly must
be hooks to the OS that attrib or "un check "Hide protected
  operating system files" " don't throw . These apps are using those hooks
to hide folders, as are the virus writers - the q is where are the OS docs
for these functions ? Can't see anything on the web ..

"Gene K" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:uMJjNOEKFHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Control Panel/Folder Options/View Tab/
> a. Remove the check mark from "Do not show hidden files and folders", then
> check mark "Show hidden files and folders" immediately below.
> b. Scroll further down and remove the check mark from "Hide protected
> operating system files (recommended)". Be sure to click "Apply" and "OK"
to
> get out.
> These settings will stay that way until either you or something changes
them
> back. All that said, why would you need a third party program to
accomplish
> something that simple? As for a Trojan, many spyware and Anti-Virus
programs
> both identify and remove them.
> Gene K
> "barrett bonden" <arthurheyman@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:39j8gjF60nescU1@individual.net...
> > how to unhide hidden folders ? I DONT mean the switch in "view" ; I see
> > tools on the web for hiding, and I have a trojan I'm sick of in a hidden
> > folder; I program a bit; how is this done MS, and where are the docs ?
> >
> >
>
>

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