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

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

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!!!

You keep my love for windows burning!!🔥

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

@zx5019

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

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.

awesome !

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

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].

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.

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

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

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.

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

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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

15 күн бұрын

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

@ningayeti

15 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

Жыл бұрын

I did mention that in the video.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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__

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

i put minr on usb or ext hard drive

The symbol > is actually GREATER THAN

@alanlaird

Жыл бұрын

Or SEND TO in a command prompt

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@deletewindoze

10 ай бұрын

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.

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.

Cool

Alt 255 doesn't work on my laptop

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

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

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

Possibly. I'll look into it.

@Enjurin

Жыл бұрын

@@CyberCPU Thanks!

Can you do Windows10Pro????

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

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea. Sorry that's happening.

I have no "open in terminal"

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

Do you have terminal installed?

@rbh3482

Жыл бұрын

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

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

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

Do another video with the windows 11 potato

bigger than symbol every time 🙂

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

@CyberCPU

Жыл бұрын

That works too.

"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

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

if u want iso of new canary build let me know

GREATER THAN lol but good video

The symbols > and For example: 1 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.

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

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

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

@mazz85-

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

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

video starts at 2:30 Your Welcome! 

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

Black screen

Alt +255 don't work in Win 11

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

WTF. Why not, me wonders.

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!