HIDE FOLDERS WITHOUT SOFTWARE(with cmd prompt)

Generally we would see many instances of private folders hidden by softwares
but in this post i can reveal the secret of folderhiding with out softwarez.
following the sequence of steps below

1. create a Folder in C drive rename it as "XXX" without quotes.
2. Now open Command Prompt in the Start Menu.
3. Type "attrib +s +h C:\XXX" without quotes and then press enter.
4. This command will Make your folder invisble and it can't be seen even in searches ,hidden files and folders list.
   
5. To regain it type "attrib -s -h C:\abc"
6. You can lock any other folder(in other drives also) by just replacing the address of location of folder or file in place of C:\XXX .