How to search for hidden folder?

[Kurosan]

A folder has been hidden from the view of Explorer and MS DOS box, I can't see the folder even setting the Explorer to show all files.

Is there a way to confirm this folder does exist under Windows98 if I know the folder name?

[kuphryn]

Try FindFirstFile() and pass in the directory.

Kuphryn

[Andreas Masur]

CString szPath("c:\\windows");

DWORD dwAttr = GetFileAttributes(szPath);
if (dwAttr == 0xffffffff)
{
  DWORD dwError = GetLastError();
  if (dwError == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
  {
    // file not found
  }
  else if (dwError == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
  {
    // path not found
  }
  else if (dwError == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)
  {
    // file or directory exists, but access is denied
  }
  else
  {
    // some other error has occured
  }
}
else
{
  if (dwAttr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
  {
    // this is a directory
  }
  else
  {
    // this is an ordinary file
  }
}