A custom extension to our ArcGIS system uses the Windows OS 'hidden file' setting as a way to get around the locks placed on .gdb files within an ArcMap session -- flagging files for deletion after the session is closed, via an automatic housekeeping process. This process would work much better if ArcCatalog indicated which files are hidden in this way, so we know that they are files that have been marked for deletion by our system.
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