diff --git a/include/eepp/system/filesystem.hpp b/include/eepp/system/filesystem.hpp
index 495c6ef3e..9fdfee4d7 100644
--- a/include/eepp/system/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/include/eepp/system/filesystem.hpp
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ class EE_API FileSystem {
 	/** Deletes a file from the file system. */
 	static bool fileRemove( const std::string& filepath );
 
+	/** Hides the file in the file system */
+	static bool fileHide( const std::string& filepath );
+
 	/** @return The modification date of the file */
 	static Uint32 fileGetModificationDate( const std::string& filepath );
 
diff --git a/premake4.lua b/premake4.lua
index f4902a2d3..1d6933ec2 100644
--- a/premake4.lua
+++ b/premake4.lua
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function get_dll_extension()
 end
 
 function get_host()
-	if os.getenv("MSYSTEM") ~= "" then
+	if os.getenv("MSYSTEM") ~= "" and not is_vs() then
 		return "msys"
 	end
 	return os.get()
diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index df954fb49..1cc4402c5 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function get_dll_extension()
 end
 
 function get_host()
-	if os.getenv("MSYSTEM") ~= "" then
+	if os.getenv("MSYSTEM") ~= "" and not is_vs() then
 		return "msys"
 	end
 	return os.host()
diff --git a/src/eepp/system/filesystem.cpp b/src/eepp/system/filesystem.cpp
index fbbf89d2d..9e70676dd 100644
--- a/src/eepp/system/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/system/filesystem.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,17 @@ bool FileSystem::fileRemove( const std::string& filepath ) {
 #endif
 }
 
+bool FileSystem::fileHide( const std::string& filepath ) {
+#if EE_PLATFORM == EE_PLATFORM_WIN
+	return SetFileAttributesW( (LPCWSTR)String( filepath ).toWideString().c_str(), 
+		FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN );
+#elif EE_PLATFORM == EE_PLATFORM_MACOS
+	return 0 == chflags( filename.c_str(), UF_HIDDEN );
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 Uint32 FileSystem::fileGetModificationDate( const std::string& filepath ) {
 	struct stat st;
 	int res = stat( filepath.c_str(), &st );
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/formatter/formatterplugin.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/formatter/formatterplugin.cpp
index 2e37f8abd..f72d29d11 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/formatter/formatterplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/formatter/formatterplugin.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ void FormatterPlugin::formatDoc( UICodeEditor* editor ) {
 		doc->save( fileString, true );
 		FileSystem::fileWrite( tmpPath, (Uint8*)fileString.getStreamPointer(),
 							   fileString.getSize() );
+		FileSystem::fileHide( tmpPath );
 		runFormatter( editor, formatter, tmpPath );
 
 		if ( formatter.type == FormatterType::Inplace ) {
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/linter/linterplugin.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/linter/linterplugin.cpp
index d84364333..bad0ad81f 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/linter/linterplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/linter/linterplugin.cpp
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ void LinterPlugin::lintDoc( std::shared_ptr<TextDocument> doc ) {
 		doc->save( fileString, true );
 		FileSystem::fileWrite( tmpPath, (Uint8*)fileString.getStreamPointer(),
 							   fileString.getSize() );
+		FileSystem::fileHide( tmpPath );
 		runLinter( doc, linter, tmpPath );
 		FileSystem::fileRemove( tmpPath );
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/tools/uieditor/uieditor.cpp b/src/tools/uieditor/uieditor.cpp
index 768e74580..c5def392b 100644
--- a/src/tools/uieditor/uieditor.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/uieditor/uieditor.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ void App::saveTmpDocument( TextDocument& doc,
 	IOStreamString fileString;
 	doc.save( fileString, true );
 	FileSystem::fileWrite( tmpPath, (Uint8*)fileString.getStreamPointer(), fileString.getSize() );
+	FileSystem::fileHide( tmpPath );
 	action( tmpPath );
 	FileSystem::fileRemove( tmpPath );
 }