Hide Passwords, Porn and Other Private and Questionable Files for Windows 7

1. Choose a program on your computer. One that is big enough so that it can contain many folders is preferable. It must also be a type of program that doesn't get used very often or not at all so that very little to no attention is paid to its files.
2. Look inside the files of that program. Explore through the folders. Try to find a spot where there are at least 15-20 folders of nondescript names (e.g., ea, eb, ec).
3. Choose a random folder from that list of folders, and dump all the files you wish to hide in that folder.
4. Now, select all of those files, and click on "rename" in the right click menu.Make up a nondescript name, one that uses a combination of characters unlikely for someone to search, such as "t4y". Now press ENTER. This will make all of the files named as such, save for a (digit) at the front of each.
5. If you wish to name your files in a way that you can recognize them, then use an acronym like you would for a a passport. For example: "drag car racing two" (yeah, you'd probably be hiding something completely different...), name it dcr2, or something someone is unlikely to check out.
6. Select all of the files, right click, click properties and check the "hidden" box.Now all of your files and folders are completely invisible, and traces of their use will mostly be incoherent gibberish to someone browsing, and easily gotten rid of after that (see tips).
7. If you wish to access your stash, click on "organize" then click on "folder and search options". Check the "show hidden files" box.
8. If you have WinRar, for further security, although this is really only for the very large collections or the very paranoid, select all of your files/folders, right click, click "Add to Archive". Check "Delete files after archiving", compression speed to taste. Now go to "Advanced", then "Set password". Check "encrypt file names" and then set the password to whatever you like. Click "OK", and now you will have all your hidden files neatly packed away in a non-descript rar file.

Tips

• Clear your browsing history, or better yet, use private browsing if you have it.
• To hide links to porn, simply make a notepad file with the link in it, and give it that incoherent name. Remember to clear it from the recent files list in Notepad, too.
• Common rookie mistakes include the "recent places" folder; just search for that folder and clear it out. In video viewers such as Windows Media Player, if you pin it to the start bar or task bar, and right click it, it'll show a list of frequently accessed files. Just right click and delete the entries you wish. Remember to do that with Windows Explorer, too.