hmm ok.

You know, i wonder if the OP knows that it's actually a built-in ability of windows to hide a folder?
for example to hide the c:\temp folder, you simply type from a cmd prompt
Code:
cd c:\
 attrib +h c:\temp\
and you can add the +s tag as well and windows by default will keep it hidden even if the user enables "show hidden files or folders" because it's now marked as a system file.
Note you can change the hidden status in the right-click properties menu, but you have to use this tool to change the system status.