There has always been a discrepancy in capability between win32 file-related APIs and GUI tools. Even in Windows 10, it is possible to use the APIs (as simply a

There has always been a discrepancy in capability between win32 file-related APIs and GUI tools. Even in Windows 10, it is possible to use the APIs (as simply as through, say, git bash) to create files and directories inaccessible (even for deletion) to Explorer.