c# Creating hidden folders

Question

Is there any way that I can programmatically create (and I guess access) hidden folders on a storage device from within c#?

Answer 1

using System.IO; 

string path = @"c:\folders\newfolder"; // or whatever 
if (!Directory.Exists(path)) 
{ 
DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(path); 
di.Attributes = FileAttributes.Directory | FileAttributes.Hidden; 
}

Answer 2

Yes you can. Create the directory as normal then just set the attributes on it. E.g.

DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\SomeDirectory");

//See if directory has hidden flag, if not, make hidden

if( (di.Attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) != FileAttributes.Hidden)

{

     //Add Hidden flag

     di.Attributes = di.Attributes | FileAttributes.Hidden;

 }

Answer 3

string path = @"c:\folders\newfolder"; // or whatever 
if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(path)) 
{ 
    DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(path); 
    di.Attributes = FileAttributes.Directory | FileAttributes.Hidden; 
}

From here.

Answer 4

CreateHiddenFolder(string name)
{
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(name);
di.Create();
di.Attributes |= FileAttributes.Hidden;
}