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	==Con==		==Con==
	If you try to make a file/folder named con, you will get an error. This is because it is a file name reserved from DOS. However, you can get around this by creating it with a network path: "\\.\c:\full\path\name\con"		If you try to make a file/folder named con, you will get an error. This is because it is a file name reserved from DOS. However, you can get around this by creating it with a network path: "\\.\c:\full\path\name\con"

			Note: On Windows 11, such files/folders can be used normally, and as such are useless for hiding shit.

			===...===
			Similarly to con, files/folders named ... cannot be created by normal means. As with con, you can create it using a network path: "\\?\c:\full\path\name\..." (note: you must use \\?\, unlike with con \\.\ will not work!).

	==Control Panel==		==Control Panel==

>CrackRabbit at 22:36, 27 April 2013

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	"Printers.{...}" is less suspicious but less protected.		"Printers.{...}" is less suspicious but less protected.
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2008-11-27T12:52:13Z

added a vista fix to the hiding folder method. Also added a "Problems" section

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 =Windows Easter Eggs=
-In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use certain file/folder names. By combining these, you can pretty safely store files.
+In windows, there are several odd behaviors displayed when you use certain file/folder names. By combining these, you can pretty safely store files.
 ==Con==
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 ==Control Panel==
 Another trick in windows, is that if you make a folder and change the extension to {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}, then when you click on it you see the control panel (and the ext is hidden). You can also toggle back and forth with command prompt.
 =The Trick=
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 Just put in the system32 directory, and run it to toggle between hidden and normal mode.
-''Update: Because of heavy fail at Microsoft Corporation, this trick does not work on Windows Vista. A solution/workaround is always welcome.''
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>Hitlerlol: New page: This article will go over a method of hiding shit in a folder with two levels of protection. =Windows Easter Eggs= In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use cer...

2008-10-11T08:26:22Z

New page: This article will go over a method of hiding shit in a folder with two levels of protection. =Windows Easter Eggs= In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use cer...

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>Hitlerlol: New page: This article will go over a method of hiding shit in a folder with two levels of protection. =Windows Easter Eggs= In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use cer...

2008-10-11T08:26:22Z

New page: This article will go over a method of hiding shit in a folder with two levels of protection. =Windows Easter Eggs= In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use cer...

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This article will go over a method of hiding shit in a folder with two levels of protection.

=Windows Easter Eggs=
In windows, there are several odd behaviours displayed when you use certain file/folder names. By combining these, you can pretty safely store files.

==Con==
If you try to make a file/folder named con, you will get an error. This is because it is a file name reserved from DOS. However, you can get around this by creating it with a network path: "\\.\c:\full\path\name\con"

==Control Panel==
Another trick in windows, is that if you make a folder and change the extension to {21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}, then when you click on it you see the control panel (and the ext is hidden). You can also toggle back and forth with command prompt.

=The Trick=
What this file-hiding-hack does is explained here.

==How-To==
Make a directory, and fill it with shit. Then, move it to this path (rename it) "\\.\c:\windows\system32\con.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}". It acts like the control panel, lives in the system32 directory (a logical place for the control panel), and is unrenamable. You can't search within it, can't delete it, etc.

==Script==
There is a premade script for this, courtesy of pseudolobster.

@echo off
if exist con.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\nul goto toggleoff
if exist porn\nul goto toggleon
md "\\.\%cd%\con.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
goto end
:toggleoff
move "\\.\%cd%\con.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" porn>nul
goto end
:toggleon
move porn "\\.\%cd%\con.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}">nul
:end

Just put in the system32 directory, and run it to toggle between hidden and normal mode.

''Update: Because of heavy fail at Microsoft Corporation, this trick does not work on Windows Vista. A solution/workaround is always welcome.''