Microsoft KB Archive/69026

= Operations on Hidden Files =

Article ID: 69026

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 2.11 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q69026



SUMMARY
There are several MS-DOS commands that can be used on files that have the hidden attribute set; however, they all require that you know the filename. These commands are:   Command     Versions ---

TYPE       All versions listed above FIND       All versions listed above FC         3.20 through 4.x   PRINT       3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.30 ATTRIB     5.00 Commands such as DEL, ERASE, DIR, REN, XCOPY, ATTRIB, and COPY return the message &quot;File not found&quot; or &quot;Invalid path&quot; when used on hidden files.

Additional query words: 2.11 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 4.00 4.01 noupd

Keywords: KB69026

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