text: #include "stdafx.h"
  #include "StringUtils.h"
  
  bool CreateFakeFolder( const wchar_t *source, const wchar_t *fname )
  {
  	// create directory
  	CreateDirectory(fname,NULL);
  	if (!SetFileAttributes(fname,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
  		return false;
  
  	// create shortcut
  	wchar_t path[_MAX_PATH];
  	Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\target.lnk",fname);
  	{
  		CComPtr<IShellLink> pLink;
  		HRESULT hr=pLink.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink);
  		if (FAILED(hr)) return false;
  		pLink->SetPath(source);
  		CComQIPtr<IPersistFile> pFile(pLink);
  		if (!pFile) return false;
  		hr=pFile->Save(path,TRUE);
  		if (FAILED(hr)) return false;
  	}
  
  	// create desktop.ini
  	Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\desktop.ini",fname);
  	HANDLE f=CreateFile(path,GENERIC_WRITE,0,NULL,CREATE_ALWAYS,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN|FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM,NULL);
  	if (f==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return false;
  	const char *desktopIni="[.ShellClassInfo]\r\nCLSID2={0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D}\r\nFlags=2\r\n";
  	DWORD q;
  	WriteFile(f,desktopIni,Strlen(desktopIni),&q,NULL);
  	CloseHandle(f);
  	return true;
  }
  
  void DeleteFakeFolder( const wchar_t *fname )
  {
  	wchar_t path[_MAX_PATH];
  	Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\target.lnk",fname);
  	BOOL res;
  	res=SetFileAttributes(path,GetFileAttributes(path)&~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY);
  	res=DeleteFile(path);
  	Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\desktop.ini",fname);
  	res=SetFileAttributes(path,GetFileAttributes(path)&~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY);
  	res=DeleteFile(path);
  	res=SetFileAttributes(fname,GetFileAttributes(fname)&~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY);
  	res=RemoveDirectory(fname);
  }
  
  bool IsFakeFolder( const wchar_t *fname )
  {
  	wchar_t path[_MAX_PATH];
  	Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\target.lnk",fname);
  	if (GetFileAttributes(path)!=INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
  	{
  		Sprintf(path,_countof(path),L"%s\\desktop.ini",fname);
  		DWORD attrib=GetFileAttributes(path);
  		if (attrib!=INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attrib&FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM))
  			return true;
  	}
  	return false;
  }
  