Name Witchcraft

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.