How to hide computer files that you don't want people to see

If your Windows Operating System is using NTFS file system, there is a more secure method to hide files, then setting the File Properties to Hidden.

This method hides a file by storing it in a stream file, and it works with any file type. Remember... to do this your hard drive must be formatted with NTFS, not FAT. To hide the file you will need to access the command prompt.
Windows 95/98/ME
     Start->Run->command
Windows 2000/XP/2003
     Start->Run->cmd

Let a.exe be the original file, and you want to hide it in b.txt
In your command prompt:
     type a.exe > b.txt:a.exe

This command types everything from the executable into a stream in b.txt called a.exe. The text file can be blank, and it will show up as 0 bytes. If anybody clicks on b.txt, it will appear empty, but the hidden file is there.

To get the file back type this:
     b.txt:a.exe > a.exe

This will take the hidden file out of the stream, and into a file called a.exe. There is no way anybody can find the file, unless they know which file it is hidden in, and the name of the stream you have hidden it in.