Any detrimental effects on unhiding iPod_Control folder?

There are many guides on the internet which direct one to set folders to show hidden directories in order for music to be accessed on the iPod from a compy. Here's my issue.
On the computers I use during my classes, we're very restricted. I cannot install iTunes since I don't have the permissions. I can't eject the iPod properly since I don't even have those permissions. However, the more relevant issue is that I can't get to Options for folders, so I can't make hidden directories show.
During work with these computers, I'd love to be able to listen to my music while using my iPod as something akin to a jump drive. Since I can't do that, I'd love to be able to get to my music but I can't even do that since I don't have permissions to access folders directly through the address bar on Internet Explorer.
My question is this. At home, I can make "iPod_Control" hidden or unhidden. If I make it unhidden, will this have consequences to the iPod working, or?
Dell Windows XP

It won't really have any adverse consequences (unless you start making changes to the contents of the folder), but you might have a hard time navigating to the tracks you want.
iTunes renames the folders and filenames when they are synced to the iPod, making it very difficult to know what a track is by looking at the filename.

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