Windows 7: Hide all of a certain file type in a folder tree

Hey there. I have a media library with, surprisingly enough, media in it! Videos to be exact. Each of the sub-folders have in them videos as well as .nfo files for displaying data awesomeness in the likes of XBMC. However, I do not like the way it makes my folders look when I browse to them in explorer.

Is there a way to hide all my *.nfo files only in the Video folder and subfolders?

Open an elevated command prompt and navigate to your video directory type:

attrib +h *.nfo /s

This will hide the files, however if you have show hidden files turned on they will still show up.

Thanks a bunch for the quick reply. This has got to be one of the most helpful forums I have ever been a part of. Everyone here seems so nice and friendly and helpful. Kudos to sevenforums!

Murdlih; you are most welcome. Everyone here is very nice and very helpful. We all enjoy learning so it is fun for everyone.

I forgot to mention if you need to see the files you just need to change the + to a - and that will make them visible again.

attrib -h *.nfo /s

That is nice, will it change let you make changes like *.ext? From the context menu? Does it support applying to subfolders?

Thanks for the explanation.

It took me 60 minutes to find a website (this one) that had the solution to my problem, and 30 seconds to fix it...

A Big Thanks!

Thank you for this command. It allowed me to hide all *.wbk files on my drive. I now wonder which command I need to make them visible again if need should arise.

Many thanks!

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How to automatically hide all of a certain file type in a folder tree?

I ask because I have just noticed that when I open WORD files that the newly generated WBK-files are visible. I foolishly hoped that they would automatically be hidden too. Is there anything that I can do about it without repeating the manual command prompt all the time?