Making a filetype hidden

Is there a way to make a certain filetype hidden? I use some software
which needs a to create an extra file to store the current configuration of
the file. the file has the same name as the working file, making it harder
to open the right one.

I want to make this *.cfg filetype hidden in Windows Explorer.

thanks

Right click on the file and select properties. In the properties window on
the General tab click on the box next to the Hidden option. Click OK to set
the attribute. The file will now be hidden. To view it you will need to go
to the Tools option in Windows explorer, click on folder options and then
click the View tab. Click on the 'show hidden files and folders' option to
show hidden files and folders. To hide them again just select the 'do not
show hidden files and folders' option.

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"LRI" <LRI@INFINITY.com> wrote in message
news:Xns970160115E5BDINFINITY@207.46.248.16...
> Is there a way to make a certain filetype hidden? I use some software
> which needs a to create an extra file to store the current configuration
> of
> the file. the file has the same name as the working file, making it
> harder
> to open the right one.
>
> I want to make this *.cfg filetype hidden in Windows Explorer.
>
> thanks

"John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in
news:#b95Efx3FHA.3296@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:

> Right click on the file and select properties. In the properties
> window on the General tab click on the box next to the Hidden option.
> Click OK to set the attribute. The file will now be hidden. To view it
> you will need to go to the Tools option in Windows explorer, click on
> folder options and then click the View tab. Click on the 'show hidden
> files and folders' option to show hidden files and folders. To hide
> them again just select the 'do not show hidden files and folders'
> option.
>

Thanks for the reply, but not quite what i'm looking for. I know I can
hide any file by changing its file properties, however I want to make all
file that are a certain filetype hidden, without selecting them all.

Example: say for some reason I only work with excel files, and the folders
i work in are full of excel and word files of the same name (i never open
word files). I want to hide all word documents to make my Windows Explorer
less cluttered. is there a way to make all *.doc files appear as hidden
files in windows explorer?

I'm hopeing to find somewhere that I can go and say make all *.cfg files
hidden. these files are created using a CAD package I use that needs them,
but I never open.