Hide program folders through registry editor....

I have a Windows 10 laptop. Needing to hide a complete folder for gaming app under the 'Windows(C:)\Program Files' folder. I want to use registry editor to do this as kid too smart to know about the standard hidden files function. So need to find the key and use the appropriate command in registry to hide this a bit more clandestinely. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Samuria said:

Welcome to the forum you could use streams How to Hide Data in a Secret Text File Compartment or the reg Hiding Folders Under This PC (Tips.Net)

Thank you! I had actually already found that explanation. Unfortunately I cannot seem to find the exact path for hiding the app under the path. I have done a search in the registry for the particular app and none of them are working when I follow this advice as you gave me. It is the BlueStacks app under the folder 'WIndows(C:)\ProgramFiles\BleStacks'. I can't find that in registry. Thanks

Brink said:

Hello RaginItallian, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If your kid's account isn't an administrator account, you may be able to set the folder with the hidden and system attributes. This way the only way to show it is by unchecking the Hide protected operating system files box which requires being an administrator.

If this sounds like it may work for you, you can run the command below in an elevated command prompt to set the hidden and system attribute to this folder.

attrib +h +S "C:\Program Files\BleStacks"

More info if needed: Set or Unset Hidden Attribute of Files and Folders in Windows 10

OK...Running the command through Power Shell did it! Funny thing is I tried this days ago but ran it through the command prompt instead of Shell. OK...I'm lazy....what command do I give now to unhide it? This is great! Thank you for your help

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RaginItalian said:

OK...Running the command through Power Shell did it! Funny thing is I tried this days ago but ran it through the command prompt instead of Shell. OK...I'm lazy....what command do I give now to unhide it? This is great! Thank you for your help

I got it as I remembered! Fairly easy when you do the reverse and place an ' - ' instead of '+'. Thank you for prompting me to do this again and get it solved! Thank you!!