Launch
Windows command prompt from Start Menu -> Run -> Type cmd and press Enter.
Using
DOS commands navigate to the desired folder.
Now
type in notepad
VisibleFile.txt:HiddenFile.txt and hit Enter, you can change VisibleFile.txt and HiddenFile.txt to names of your choice (notice the :
between both file-names), You will be prompted to Create a New file click Yes
as shown below.
Notepad Trick
Now
enter data you want to hide, save the file and close notepad.
Visit
the file-save location, you will see your VisibleFile.txt file (non-hidden)
there, you can open the file and enter any text of your choice as any other
normal text file.
Invisible Text File
The
hidden file HiddenFile.txt will not be visible under Windows Explorer or DOS.
To open
and read/write your hidden file, type in the command notepad
VisibleFile.txt:HiddenFile.txt (change filenames with your own used during Step
3 above) at DOS command prompt and hit Enter.
Hidden
Text File
Do note that if the visible file
(VisibleFile.txt) is deleted your hidden file (HiddenFile.txt) will also get
deleted.
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