So, I didn't know where to post this, but I thought this would be the best place out of all to.


Does anyone know how to make files that aren't considered operating system files become operating system files?

I know how to hide and show the operating system files by going to Folder Options >> View >> Uncheck/Check 'Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended)', but I'd really like to be able to convert some of my regular files to operating system files, if possible.

Thanks. :]

Do you want to do that with the goal of making them invisible? You can just set an invisible bit on files. I think it's somewhere in Properties.

To my knowledge, operating system files are not "special" (unless Windows does something completely different from other operating systems). Windows likely just maintains a database of some sort of important system files.

No, I want to make them operating system files.

My music library is basically divided between folders that have "album art" operating system files and one's that are visible/invisible. I would like the ones that are currently shown to become operating system files because of the fact that most of the albums have them as operating system files. I wouldn't know how to "move" them because these albums were just downloaded with them shown in the folder while the other ones were downloaded with them being hid as operating system files.

I hope that makes sense.

i dont operating system files...in windows we just have a bunch of files with long letters and numbers that seem really important so i dont touch them...

Thanks magicfann, but that's not what I was asking. I really wasn't asking about if you use them or not. I was asking for help if anyone knew how to transfer regular files to operating system files.

I'm pretty sure Windows doesn't have a bit that gets set for operating system files. I think they are identified only by file extension. There could be invisible metadata files that help identify them as well, along with special permissions.

Yeah, I was thinking that as well. Hm, this is too complex. Haha. I should just try the manual way.