Hide Windows Folders from Finder on a Bootcamp System

Does anyone out there know how to "hide" a Windows folder from OSX's finder? My basic dilemma is that I have files in my "My Documents" folder on the Windows side of the house that I don't want Finder to be able to access. (They are inaccessible in Windows unless someone logs in with my account.) Does anyone know a nice way to do this that won't mess with how Windows sees the files? Thanks.

You could change the Finder flag and make it hidden. Afraid I don't have Windows installed, so not sure what, if anything, Windows would make of a Finder flag. Anyway, here's the Terminal command to make some something invisible to the Finder:
chflags hidden /path/to/folder/foldername
Hit Return after entering the command. Here's an example, where I made a folder named "links" on my Desktop invisible:
chflags hidden /Users/francine/Desktop/links
To reverse the process you would use "nohidden":
chflags nohidden /Users/francine/Desktop/links
It's easy to do, and easy to reverse. Whether it would work on something in the Windows file system without adding any confusion to Windows I don't know.
Francine
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