ExtendScript: Create hidden folder

[ariffjeff]

Is it possible to create a hidden folder in a Windows directory with ExtendScript? I already know how to create folders with Extendscript but not how to make them hidden as well.

I tried creating folders with a dot in the name (/.someFolder) since that's usually how Windows hides folders but that didn't work.

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

you can hide files but oddly you can't hide folders with javascript

one way of hiding folders in Windows is using a *.bat file to do it

create a text file with a random name like "hideFolder.bat"

type the follwing and save the file, the folder to be hidden is called "hideMe"

@echo off
attrib +h "c:\users\canto\desktop\hideMe"

then, call your *.bat file from your jsx

var yourBatFile = File('c:/users/canto/desktop/hideFolder.bat');
yourBatFile.execute();