Hiding Files in Windows...

How would you go about hiding specific files in Windows.. I've checked the File class, FileWriter class and found no methods that hide files, just a method that determines if it is hidden..
Please help!

Ok so the command doesnt even work in the command
prompt..
C:\> HELP ATTRIB
Displays or changes file attributes.
ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A] [+S | -S] [+H | -H]
[drive:][path][filename] [/S] [/D]]
+   Sets an attribute
-    Clears an attribute
R   Read-only file attribute
A    Archive file attribute
.........etc.........then I actually tried to command to see if it works
right?
C:\> ATTRIB +H C:\Documents and
Settings\testfile.txt
Parameter format not correct -what the heck?! anyone wanna help me here?Enclose the file path in quotation marks, like this:
attrib +H "C:\Documents and Settings\testfile.txt"
The OS doesn't know that was a path, since it uses spaces to separate arguments.

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