Explorer View Hidden Folder Attribute

Question

I'm looking to hide and unhide folders in the WebDAV Explorer View programatically through powershell.  This would be done when scripting site creation.  Is there a file attribute for sites, libraries, and library folders which sets the hidden value?

Thanks

Andrew

Answer 1

Hi Andrew,

We can use the following JavaScript code to hide SharePoint site, library and folder object in WebDAV Explorer View, see more information from below article.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spblog/archive/2012/04/04/hidden-objects-in-sharepoint-quot-explorer-view-quot.aspx

#folder can be site, library level and folder level

$folder = (Get-SPWeb http://sp).Folders["shared documents"].SubFolders["folder1"]
#hide folder
$folder.Properties["vti_winfileattribs"]="00000016"

#show folder
####$folder.Properties["vti_winfileattribs"]=""

$folder.Update()

Thanks

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Daniel Yang
TechNet Community Support

Answer 2

Thanks, this worked!  It was the $folder.Update() part that I was originally missing.  This command is perfect for what I needed.

Answer 3

I am receiving this, please help.

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Best Regards, DC