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Windows: hide infoformation on a file using ADS

To hide information in a file run: notepad file-name:ADS-name

Example with this file: notepad hidden_info_on_file.txt:hiddeninfo

Re-run the command to show the hidden information.

Note: Alternate Data Stream (ADS) is supported only on NTFS file system. If the file is copied or moved to a different file system, such as FAT32, all the ADS information will be dropped and the hidden information will be lost.

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