Hiding Files behind Folders on the Local Hard Disk Using Alternate Data Stream (ADS)

Alternate Data Streams is the ability to Hide File Data into existing file without affecting their functionality , size or Interface

• You can hide your important Files behind the Folders in your Hard Disk.

• Let us say we have a text file ‘Bilal.txt’ and a folder ‘E:\Data’. To Hide the Text file behind the Folder, command is as follows:
Type Bilal.txt > E:\Data:Bilal.txt

• Now delete the Original File, to view the hidden file, command is as follows:
Go to E:\Data:Bilal.txt

• To search the hidden files, ADS Tool ‘Streams’ can be used.

• To Search the Hidden Files: Streams –S E:\Data

• To Delete the Hidden Files: Streams –D E:\Data