Hiding Files in Windows

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Published on 2010-05-17T20:22:16Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 20:31 UTC
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Hello,

Currently, I'm developing a system which will extract some files from an SFX archive (files that will be used for another app). I want to make the extracted files hidden, so the person which has find the location of the exe couldn't get the files which will be in same directory with the exe. I know i can apply attrib +h to the files but if the user turns on "show hidden and system files" option in Windows, the files will be visible.

Isn't there any method to overcome this? Any suggestion is welcomed.

Thanks.

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