The My Computer icon is usually located in the top left corner of
your desktop. Double-click the icon and a window will be displayed
with all of your disk drives and several other icons.
Double-click
Drive
When My Computer comes up, you'll see a window with all of the
hard drives available to you. Double-click the drive where the
file you want to make read-only is located.
Access
the Properties
Once you have found the file, right-click on it. You'll be shown a
menu. Located at the bottom of the menu is Properties. Click this
to get the property box for that file.
Check
Hidden
Located at the bottom of the property window is a section titled
Attributes. The second checkbox of this section is hidden. Put a
check in this box and click the Apply or OK button to make the
changes.
Click
Options
The Options choice is located under the View menu while you're in
Windows Explorer. You'll be shown the Options window.
Hide
Files of These Type
In the hidden file section are two choices: Show all files or Hide
files of these types. You can only choose one of these. If you
want the files that you've changed the attribute to hidden to not
show in Windows Explorer, you'll need to choose Hide files of
these types.
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