I want to hide and create a folder. But it doesn't create a folder

Question

I want to make a little File/Folder Hide/Unhide batch program. So I want to make a hidden folder the folder creating code looks like that:

set setupPath="C:\Users\%username%\Desktop\FiFoH"
IF NOT EXIST %setupPath% (
cd "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop"
mkdir FiFoH
attrib +S +H %setupPath%
cd %setupPath%
echo. >> log.txt
)

But it doesn't create a folder.

Answer 1

Your issue is in cd "C:\\Users\\%username%\\Desktop" and cd %setupPath%. The cd command will not accept full paths unless you use the /D switch. The following code should work:

set setupPath="%userprofile%\Desktop\FiFoH"
IF NOT EXIST %setupPath% (
cd /D "%userprofile%\Desktop"
mkdir FiFoH
attrib +S +H %setupPath%
cd /D %setupPath%
echo. >> log.txt
)

Also, you don't need to use the %username% variable and can go a more direct route to your desktop folder by using %userprofile% to get to the user profile (which in your case would be C:\\Users\\%username%).