using System; using System.IO; using System.Text; class Test { public static void Main() { string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt"; // Create the file if it does not exist. if (!File.Exists(path)) { File.Create(path); } if ((File.GetAttributes(path) & FileAttributes.Hidden) == FileAttributes.Hidden) { // Show the file. File.SetAttributes(path, FileAttributes.Archive); Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is no longer hidden.", path); } else { // Hide the file. File.SetAttributes(path, File.GetAttributes(path) | FileAttributes.Hidden); Console.WriteLine("The {0} file is now hidden.", path); } } }