Hide folders in windows operating system using this script. You can password protect it and view and open it without unhiding it. Used shell. [cmd]

hide-folder.bat

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion enableextensions

:: Hide a folder in windows xp, windows 7 or windows 8 with a password.
:: Follow the steps as follows :
:: 1. Open private.bat file in a text editor say notepad or geany.
:: 2. On line 5, you have set "directory=e:\private". 
::    Change the path from e:\private to your specified folder to hide. 
::    If the path contains spaces then enclose in double quotes. 
::    For eg: if your path is "f:\cool Guys" then change the line 5 to set directory="f:\cool Guys". 
:: 3. Now to change the password, on line 8 change the set password="your required password"
:: 4. Now place the private.bat file anywhere you like and double click. 
::    You will be asked the password, type in the password and press enter.
:: 5. Play it nice n easy and njoy a lil privacy for your files.

REM set the directory of file or folder to be protected
set directory=e:\private

REM set the your password here 
set password=simple

:top
REM dont change any code given below
set /p passcheck="Enter your password : "

if %passcheck%==%password% (
echo Password is Correct.
:sub
set /p job1="Enter h to hide , u to unhide,o to just open the folder or e to exit : ")

cls 

if %job1%==u (
attrib -h -s -r -a %directory%
echo Succesfully unhidden the directory %directory%
explorer %directory% )



if %job1%==h (
attrib +h +s +r +a %directory%
echo Succesfully hidden the directory %directory% )



if %job1%==o (
explorer %directory%
echo Succesfully opened the directory %directory% )


if %job1%==e (
goto:theend )


if %passcheck%==%password% (
goto:sub )


if not %passcheck%==%password% (
echo Sorry. The password you provided is incorrect. 
goto:top )



:theend
echo Thank you for using vault.
pause