Can't open file

[Signe Marie Sanne]

Ken Ray skrev:

> On 4/6/05 2:02 AM, "Signe Marie Sanne" <Signe.Sanne at roman.uib.no> wrote:
> 
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>>>So now that I have that working, I want to make the file invisible.  Any
>>>ideas why this standard snippet is failing:
>>>
>>>    replace "/" with "\" in tPath -- this contains what "it" had before
>>>    put "attrib"&& quote & tPath & quote && "-h" into tCommand
>>>    set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>>>    put shell (tCommand) into theError
>>>
>>>I get no error, but the file remains visible. The command doesn't work
>>>from the DOS prompt either.
>>
>>I tried replacing -h with +h as Dar suggested, but this just results in a
>>dimmed icon, the file can still be opened. Other suggestions? And how do we
>>make it visible again?
> 
> 
> Actually it *is* invisible, but you have your Windows preference set to show
> invisible files (they are shown as dimmed). To set it visible again, use -h.
> Basically +h means "add 'hidden' attribute" and -h means "remove 'hidden'
> attribute".
> 
Thanks for the clarification. In Control Panel --> Folder Options --> View 
--Hidden files and folders, the option Show hidden files and folders was 
actually checked.

Signe Marie