i read the tutorial on windows alternate data streams, and i want to try it out myslef. i made two files: test.txt and ads.exe i want to bind the ads.exe file to the test.txt file so ads.exe is invisible.. i went to command prompt (WinXP Home Edition) and typed "type c:\windows\notepad.exe > test.txt:ads.exe" no quotes. thats what the tutorial said to do (btw, i was on the c:\test directory that both files are located in) when i went to look for it in Explore, i still see both files there, can someone please tell me what im doing wrong and what i need to fix?

Is the hard drive that you are working with formatted as NTFS? If you go into my computer and right click on the C drive and go into properties you can see what filesystem it is.

Alternate Data Streams will only work with NTFS filesystems

i just checked and it is NTFS, so i dont know what is going wrong

Are you using the start command and full patch to the file?


What directory did you create the ads file in?