The power of ‘$’ in Windows

The $ character not only exudes money and power, but is also useful in many dynamically-typed languages, such as Perl and Windows PowerShell. I won’t be discussing it’s use in any of these languages, but rather, how you can take advantage of it in one powerful way: To share a folder in “steath-mode.”

Here’s how:

1. Navigate to the folder you’d like to share.
2. Access the Sharing and Security properties.
3. Share the folder like so: FolderName$, then apply the change.
4. Next go to the Security tab and add the user with the appropriate permissions.

That’s pretty much it. To access, type the following from the Run command: \\ComputerName\FolderName$